Guideline

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  guideline \guideline\ n. hypen is changed from WN: adjust hier.
     a formal rule describing how a situation must be handled; --
     used as a direction to administrators from superiors.
  
     Syn: guidelines.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  guideline
       n 1: a light line that is used in lettering to help align the
            letters
       2: 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" [syn: {road map}]
       3: a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate
          behavior [syn: {guidepost}, {rule of thumb}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  96 Moby Thesaurus words for "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