What part of speech is guideline?

Guideline can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

Inflections

Noun

What does guideline mean?

Definitions

Noun

guideline - a light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters
guideline - 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"
guideline - a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior

Examples of guideline

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1. noun German punctuation is pedantic, English punctuation is chaotic, and for Esperanto Dr. Zamenhof suggested we look towards our mother tongue as a guideline. Go figure!
2. noun Rules are made for fools to follow and for wise men to use as a guideline.
3. noun Trying to eliminate Saddam, extending the ground war into an occupation of Iraq, would have violated our guideline about not changing objectives in midstream, engaging in "mission creep", and would have incurred incalculable human and political costs.
Sentence  
noun
German punctuation is pedantic, English punctuation is chaotic, and for Esperanto Dr. Zamenhof suggested we look towards our mother tongue as a guideline. Go figure!
Rules are made for fools to follow and for wise men to use as a guideline.
Trying to eliminate Saddam, extending the ground war into an occupation of Iraq, would have violated our guideline about not changing objectives in midstream, engaging in "mission creep", and would have incurred incalculable human and political costs.

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