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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun guideline has 3 senses

• guideline(n = noun.communication) Array - a light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters; Array
is a kind of line

• guideline(n = noun.cognition) road map - a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action; "the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam"
is a kind of plan, program, programme, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction, guidance

• guideline(n = noun.cognition) guidepost, rule of thumb - a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior; Array
is a kind of regulation, rule

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THESAURUS

guideline

Procrustean law, approach, arrangement, attack, blueprint, blueprinting, calculation, canon, charting, code, commandment, conception, contrivance, convention, criterion, design, device, dictum, disposition, enterprise, envisagement, figuring, foresight, forethought, form, formality, formula, formulary, game, general principle, golden rule, graphing, ground plan, guidelines, guiding principle, idea, imperative, intention, law, law of nature, layout, lineup, long-range plan, mapping, master plan, maxim, method, methodology, mitzvah, moral, norm, norma, operations research, order of nature, ordinance, organization, plan, planning, planning function, prearrangement, prescribed form, prescription, principium, principle, procedure, program, program of action, rationalization, regulation, rubric, rule, schedule, schema, schematism, schematization, scheme, scheme of arrangement, set form, settled principle, setup, standard, standing order, strategic plan, strategy, system, systematization, tactical plan, tactics, tenet, the big picture, the picture, universal law, way, working plan, working principle, working rule

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