guideline
/ˈɡʌɪdlʌɪn
/noun
A general rule, principle, or piece of advice: the organization has issued guidelines for people working with prisoners...
- The Health and Safety Executive also issued guidelines for working safely on the Bay.
- New health and safety guidelines prevent the new generation of trains doing this.
- For that reason attempts have been made to draw up rules or guidelines for fact-finders.
Synonyms
recommendation, instruction, direction, suggestion, advice;
regulation, rule, requirement, specification, prescription, precept, principle, guiding principle;
standard, criterion, measure, gauge, yardstick, benchmark, touchstone;
procedure, parameter, constraint, limit
