guidances
SayGY-duhn-siz/ˈɡaɪdənsɪz/
- 1Plural of guidance.
The regulatory body issued several guidances on clinical trial design.
Hospitals updated their internal guidances after the policy changed.
Note
A plural that exists because guidance can be counted as well as massed: every meaning of the singular, from the act of guiding to advice, works both as a mass noun and as a count noun. In ordinary prose the mass use wins (some guidance, a piece of guidance). The plural belongs mainly to administrative and regulatory writing, where each published advisory document counts as one item.
guidances is a form of guidance
guidance, noun: Advice or counseling given to someone on a particular topic or problem. Full entry
- Forms
- guidanceguidances plural
- Spelling
- guidance → guidances: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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