German punctuation is pedantic, English punctuation is chaotic, and for Esperanto Dr. Zamenhof suggested we look towards our mother tongue as a guideline. Go figure!
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Guideline
//ˈɡaɪdˌlaɪn//
Synonyms for "guideline" (105 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (32)
Related words (52)
moralnormnormaoperations researchorder of natureordinanceorganizationplanplanningplanning functionprearrangementpreceptprescribed formprescriptionprincipiumprincipleprocedureprocrustean lawprogramprogram of action
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rationalizationregulationroad maprubricrulerule of thumbscheduleschemaschematismschematizationschemescheme of arrangementset formsettled principlesetupstandardstanding orderstrategic planstrategysystemsystematizationtactical plantacticstenetthe big picturethe pictureuniversal lawwayworking planworking principleworking rule
Noun(1 words)
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3 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
13 entriesTranslations
74 translations across 28 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- riglyn noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- riglyn noun (light line to help align text)
Bulgarian
1 entries- директива noun (non-specific rule or principle)
Catalan
3 entries- directriu noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- pla noun (plan or explanation)
- quadrícula noun (light line to help align text)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- نەخشە noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- نەخشە noun (plan or explanation)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 指導 /指导 noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- 指示 noun (non-specific rule or principle)
Czech
1 entries- směrnice noun (non-specific rule or principle)
Danish
1 entries- retningslinje noun (non-specific rule or principle)
Dutch
1 entries- richtlijn noun (non-specific rule or principle)
Finnish
4 entries- apuviiva noun (light line to help align text)
- ohje noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- ohje noun (plan or explanation)
- ohjenuora noun (non-specific rule or principle)
French
4 entries- directive noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- grande ligne noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- ligne directrice noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- principe directeur noun (non-specific rule or principle)
German
1 entries- Richtlinie noun (non-specific rule or principle)
Hungarian
4 entries- alapelv noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- alapszabály noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- direktíva noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- irányelv noun (non-specific rule or principle)
Indonesian
4 entries- garis bantu noun (light line to help align text)
- garis panduan noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- garis panduan noun (plan or explanation)
- panduan noun (non-specific rule or principle)
Italian
2 entries- direttiva noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- linea guida noun (non-specific rule or principle)
Japanese
2 entries- ガイドライン noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- 指針 noun (non-specific rule or principle)
Macedonian
2 entries- директи́ва noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- у́патство noun (plan or explanation)
Malayalam
2 entries- മാർഗരേഖ noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- മാർഗരേഖ noun (plan or explanation)
Māori
1 entries- aratohu noun (non-specific rule or principle)
Norwegian
1 entries- retningslinje noun (non-specific rule or principle)
Polish
2 entries- dyrektywa noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- wytyczna noun (non-specific rule or principle)
Portuguese
3 entries- diretiva noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- diretriz noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- pauta noun (light line to help align text)
Russian
2 entries- директи́ва noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- устано́вка noun (non-specific rule or principle)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- stiùireadh noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- stiùireadh noun (plan or explanation)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nit vodilja noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- smjernica noun (non-specific rule or principle)
Spanish
3 entries- directriz noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- pauta noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- pauta noun (plan or explanation)
Swahili
1 entries- kielelezo noun (plan or explanation)
Swedish
1 entries- riktlinje noun (non-specific rule or principle)
Vietnamese
3 entries- hướng dẫn noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- khuyến cáo noun (non-specific rule or principle)
- khuyến nghị noun (non-specific rule or principle)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Rules are made for fools to follow and for wise men to use as a guideline.
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Trying to eliminate Saddam, extending the ground war into an occupation of Iraq, would have violated our guideline about not changing objectives in midstream, engaging in "mission creep", and would have incurred incalculable human and political costs.
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Over 200 universities have signed briefs in support of Harvard and MIT's lawsuit challenging a U.S. guideline to not grant visas to international students whose coursework will be all online.
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