guidance

Advice that helps you decide what to do or how to do something.

• Thank you for your guidance.
• Students can ask their teachers for guidance.
• He offered guidance on finding a new job.

How to use it: guidance on something (I need guidance on choosing a course.); under someone’s guidance (Under her guidance, I learned to paint.)

Similar words: advice, direction

Common phrases: career guidance, guidance on something, under someone’s guidance

The act of leading someone or showing them where to go or what to do.

• We needed guidance through the dark tunnel.
• With his guidance, the visitors reached the exit.
• The group relied on her guidance along the mountain path.

How to use it: guidance through something (We needed guidance through the maze.)

Similar words: direction, assistance

Common phrases: guidance through something, guidance along something, provide guidance

A system or process that controls the direction a vehicle or weapon travels.

• The rocket has an automatic guidance system.
• Engineers tested the missile guidance before launch.
• A failure in guidance sent the vehicle off course.

Similar words: steering, direction control

Common phrases: guidance system, missile guidance, automatic guidance