guideline

Definition

Examples

All employees should follow the safety guidelines posted near the entrance.

Synonyms

• rulea principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
• instructiona message describing how something is to be done
• policya plan of action adopted by an individual or social group

Collocations

• Easy follow the guidelines
  to adhere to instructions or guidelines regarding the guidelines
• Medium safety guidelines
  describing safety guidelines (the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions)
• Hard ethical guidelines for research
  describing ethical guidelines for research (of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics)
• Very Hard overarching guidelines governing corporate disclosures
  to overarching guidelines governing corporate disclosures, meaning to be central or dominant