guidance

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
noun the act of guiding or showing the way
noun the act of setting and holding a course

From guide + -ance. Displaced native Old English lādtēowdōm.

Their officers command them, under my guidance. — Thuvia, maid of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs
First, God must be besought for guidance. — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer
Thou art Light of Guidance to our eyes! — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling

counsel, counseling, counselling, direction

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