guideline
- noun
- /ˈɡaɪdˌlaɪn/
- When drawing, it is useful to draw a faint guideline so that your shapes are proportional.
- clinical guideline
- NICE guideline
- asthma guideline
Examples
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Control of drug serum levels between 6 and 10 mg/L represents a guideline for maximizing efficacy while minimizing toxicity.
Academic text (1998) -
Eight out of ten of the respondents met the ATE guideline for appropriate planning activities.
Academic text (1990) -
If you use the above systems as a guideline, your program can be successful.
Academic text (1990) -
Before you begin to assess, make a guideline that allows you to note different levels of accomplishment.
Academic text (1999) -
In line with the published NICE Quality Standard on asthma, the guideline recommends that inhaler technique should be assessed.
Academic text (2015) -
Over the same harmonic progression, students improvise or compose new melodies following the guidelines of chord tones.
Academic text (2001) -
The artist followed the faint guideline to ensure the letters were evenly spaced.
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Teachers often use a guideline to help students align their handwriting on the page.
Synonyms
A part that directs the movement or position of something
A line of short marks that shows where to sign, write, or cut
Compounds
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Morphology
Etymology
Guideline comes from the words guide ('to show the way') and line ('a straight mark'). Think of a faint pencil line that 'shows the way' for your letters so you can keep them straight.