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steering

steering

152 1.8
To guide where a vehicle, ship, or group goes
  • noun
  • /ˈstɪrɪŋ/
translation icon : dirección
  • For a few moments, she sat behind the steering wheel and tried to think.
  • steering wheel
  • a steering committee
  • a steering committee meeting

The handling is so sharp, the steering is light, but not that light.

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Examples

  • If her hands had not been gripping the steering wheel, they would have been fists.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Put your hands on the steering wheel.

    Tina and Lori (2021)

  • None of the data points to the steering column being a problem.

    High Performance

  • OK, four tours and the steering actually works.

  • The steering wheel's on the wrong side of the car.

    Crocodile Dundee (1986)

  • There's something wrong with the steering.

    Lolita (1997)

  • One hand is on the steering wheel, and the other is on the joystick.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Sometimes he woke up in his old Cortina, hugging the steering wheel like his only friend.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Sleep well tonight, sweet girl, for there's no steering-wheel thief on Duchesne Street.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • In order to make a sharp turn, the driver adjusted the steering to guide the car properly.

Synonyms

direction
vssteering
115 1.9

The control of an activity or organization

is the active process of controlling movement or course rather than management
guidance
vssteering
101 2.1

Directing the path of something so it stays on course

is the act of controlling direction in many contexts
steerage
vssteering
  • Archaic
1 8.8

Guiding a ship or boat through the water

is broader covering control of vehicles, ships, and organizations
directing
vssteering
3.5

Giving guidance and showing the way

is about controlling course or movement rather than leading people

Compounds

steering wheel
62 1.5

A round wheel in a car or bus that the driver turns to change direction

power steering
  • Specialized
8 3.3

A system that helps a driver turn the steering wheel with less effort

steering committee
  • Formal
7 3.4

A group of people who plan and guide the work of a larger group

steering system
  • Formal
1 3.9

A set of parts that let a driver turn and guide a vehicle

steering mechanism
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A group of parts that controls the direction of a vehicle like a car or bicycle

power-assisted steering
  • Specialized
3.6

A system that helps you turn a car's wheels using engine or electric power

steering gear
  • Specialized
4.0

A car part that moves the front wheels when the driver turns the wheel

steering linkage
  • Specialized
6.5

Parts that join the driver's wheel to the front wheels so they turn

steering system
  • Formal
4.2

A group of people and rules that guide decisions in a project or organization

How Controlled

to command
307 2.7
control
∞ 2.8
steering
152 1.8
guidance
101 2.1
to drift
331 2.9

Surface Forms

steering singular
steerings plural

Morphology

steering = steer (transparent) = steer + ing

Standard agent/action nominalization from the verb 'steer' with '-ing', so the meaning is directly derived and clear to learners.

Etymology

Steering comes from the simple verb steer, which long ago was the name of a young ox and then came to mean 'to guide'. So steering now means 'guiding' or 'controlling the direction' of a vehicle, ship, or group.