"guideline" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: guidelines [plural]
Etymology: guide + line Etymology templates: {{compound|en|guide|line}} guide + line Head templates: {{en-noun}} guideline (plural guidelines)
  1. A non-specific rule or principle that provides direction to action or behaviour. Categories (topical): Directives Synonyms (non-specific rule): rule of thumb Translations (non-specific rule or principle): riglyn (Afrikaans), директива (direktiva) [feminine] (Bulgarian), نەخشە (nexşe) (Central Kurdish), 指導 (Chinese Mandarin), 指导 (zhǐdǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 指示 (zhǐshì) (Chinese Mandarin), směrnice [feminine, plural] (Czech), retningslinje [common-gender] (Danish), richtlijn [feminine] (Dutch), ohjenuora (Finnish), ohje (Finnish), suositus (Finnish), suuntaviiva (Finnish), directive [feminine] (French), grande ligne [feminine] (French), ligne directrice [feminine] (French), principe directeur [masculine] (French), Richtlinie [feminine] (German), irányelv (Hungarian), iránymutatás (Hungarian), irányvonal (Hungarian), alapelv (Hungarian), alapszabály (Hungarian), útmutatás (Hungarian), vezérfonal (Hungarian), direktíva (Hungarian), panduan (Indonesian), garis panduan (Indonesian), linea guida [feminine] (Italian), direttiva (Italian), 指針 (shishin) (alt: ししん) (Japanese), ガイドライン (gaidorain) (Japanese), директи́ва (direktíva) [feminine] (Macedonian), മാർഗരേഖ (māṟgarēkha) (Malayalam), aratohu (Maori), retningslinje (Norwegian), wytyczna [feminine] (Polish), dyrektywa [feminine] (Polish), diretriz [feminine] (Portuguese), diretiva [feminine] (Portuguese), директи́ва (direktíva) [feminine] (Russian), устано́вка (ustanóvka) [feminine] (Russian), stiùireadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), nit vodilja [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), smjernica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), directriz [feminine] (Spanish), pauta [feminine] (Spanish), riktlinje [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-guideline-en-noun-hFO2feBz Disambiguation of Directives: 23 38 40 Disambiguation of 'non-specific rule': 58 16 26 Disambiguation of 'non-specific rule or principle': 75 10 16
  2. A plan or explanation to guide one in setting standards or determining a course of action. Categories (topical): Directives Synonyms (plan or explanation): rule of thumb Translations (plan or explanation): نەخشە (nexşe) (Central Kurdish), ohjenuora (Finnish), ohje (Finnish), suositus (Finnish), suuntaviiva (Finnish), szempont (Hungarian), panduan (Indonesian), garis panduan (Indonesian), pedoman (Indonesian), у́патство (úpatstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), മാർഗരേഖ (māṟgarēkha) (Malayalam), stiùireadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), pauta [feminine] (Spanish), kielelezo (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-guideline-en-noun-YBPQY3O5 Disambiguation of Directives: 23 38 40 Disambiguation of 'plan or explanation': 2 94 3 Disambiguation of 'plan or explanation': 2 94 3
  3. A light line, used in lettering, to help align the text. Categories (topical): Directives Translations (light line to help align the text): riglyn (Afrikaans), apuviiva (Finnish), segédvonal (Hungarian), sorvezető (Hungarian), szamárvezető (Hungarian), garis bantu (Indonesian), pauta [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-guideline-en-noun-iuYbVovK Disambiguation of Directives: 23 38 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 31 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 30 56 Disambiguation of 'light line to help align the text': 3 8 88

Inflected forms

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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "light line to help align the text",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pauta"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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          "text": "In 2009, the Obama Administration released guidelines on enhanced interrogation written in 2003 and 2004 by the CIA Office of Medical Services. .1-3(appendix F)) The OMS guidelines, even in redacted form, and opinions from the US Department of Justice's (DOJ’s) Office of Legal Counsel show that CIA physicians, psychologists, and other health care personnel had important roles in enhanced interrogation.",
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          "action"
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    }
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "word": "riglyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "direktiva",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "директива"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "word": "指導"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǐdǎo",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "word": "指导"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǐshì",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "word": "指示"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "směrnice"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "retningslinje"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "richtlijn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "word": "ohjenuora"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "word": "ohje"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "word": "suositus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "word": "suuntaviiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "directive"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grande ligne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ligne directrice"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "principe directeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Richtlinie"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "word": "irányelv"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "word": "iránymutatás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "word": "irányvonal"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "word": "alapelv"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "word": "alapszabály"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "word": "útmutatás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "word": "vezérfonal"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "word": "direktíva"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "word": "panduan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "word": "garis panduan"
    },
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "direttiva"
    },
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shishin",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "word": "指針"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gaidorain",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "word": "ガイドライン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "nexşe",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "word": "نەخشە"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "direktíva",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "директи́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "māṟgarēkha",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "word": "മാർഗരേഖ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "word": "aratohu"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "word": "retningslinje"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wytyczna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dyrektywa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diretriz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diretiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "direktíva",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "директи́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ustanóvka",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "устано́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stiùireadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nit vodilja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "smjernica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "directriz"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pauta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "non-specific rule or principle",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "riktlinje"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "plan or explanation",
      "word": "ohjenuora"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "plan or explanation",
      "word": "ohje"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "plan or explanation",
      "word": "suositus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "plan or explanation",
      "word": "suuntaviiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "plan or explanation",
      "word": "szempont"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "plan or explanation",
      "word": "panduan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "plan or explanation",
      "word": "garis panduan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "plan or explanation",
      "word": "pedoman"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "nexşe",
      "sense": "plan or explanation",
      "word": "نەخشە"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "úpatstvo",
      "sense": "plan or explanation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "у́патство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "māṟgarēkha",
      "sense": "plan or explanation",
      "word": "മാർഗരേഖ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "plan or explanation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stiùireadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "plan or explanation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pauta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "plan or explanation",
      "word": "kielelezo"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "light line to help align the text",
      "word": "riglyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "light line to help align the text",
      "word": "apuviiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "light line to help align the text",
      "word": "segédvonal"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "light line to help align the text",
      "word": "sorvezető"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "light line to help align the text",
      "word": "szamárvezető"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "light line to help align the text",
      "word": "garis bantu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "light line to help align the text",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pauta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "guideline"
}

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