Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A statement or other indication of policy or procedure by which to determine a course of action.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a formal rule describing how a situation must be handled; -- used as a direction to administrators from superiors.
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- noun A non-specific
rule orprinciple that providesdirection toaction orbehaviour . - noun A
plan orexplanation to guide one in settingstandards or determining acourse ofaction . - noun A light line, used in
lettering , tohelp align thetext .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters
- noun a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action
- noun a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior
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Examples
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The term guideline instructions and its honorific equivalent personal instructions (zhel-lung, zhal-lung) are often translated as "oral instructions."
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The no TV guideline is a good one for all of you who have kids that can name all of the Spongebob characters but can't name 5 U.S. Presidents.
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Typical guideline is to divide the hook size by 3 to get the proper leader/tippet size - for a size 14 hook, 14/3 = 4.3, so go with either a 4x or 5x.
I am fairly new to fly fishing and have a question about leaders and tippets. 2009
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Since I'm doing this primarily for my own amusement my only guideline is that I have fun doing it.
Venus in Fur deliasherman 2010
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A good guideline is to post enough to keep your page fresh, but there is such a thing as overkill!
7 Reasons Posting Less Frequently can Increase Your Blog’s Popularity | Write to Done 2009
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Typical guideline is to divide the hook size by 3 to get the proper leader/tippet size - for a size 14 hook, 14/3 = 4.3, so go with either a 4x or 5x.
I am fairly new to fly fishing and have a question about leaders and tippets. 2009
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My guideline is that if you have scientific fact pitted against anecdotes and information that has been proven wrong time and again then weed the latter.
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This new guideline is very impactful to how companies will interact with physicians in the future.
Sorry, Doc aka TBTAM 2008
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The closest guideline is a Chicago Manual of Style stipulation that in philosophical and linguistic texts certain terms might be enclosed in single quote marks (14th edition, 6.67 and 6.74).
Archive 2008-09-01 2008
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The closest guideline is a Chicago Manual of Style stipulation that in philosophical and linguistic texts certain terms might be enclosed in single quote marks (14th edition, 6.67 and 6.74).
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