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guideline
Noun
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A guideline is a formal suggestion about how something should be done, but it is not a rule.
If you are a new driver you should try to follow these basic safety guidelines.
Our new guidelines will also say that we must be careful treat everyone equally.
The general guidelines for healthy eating stay the same.
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A guideline is a line on a page that helps you see where to write or how to draw something.
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A guideline is a rope or string that shows you where to go.
public
Adjective
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Something is public if it is about or for all the people.
You can't tell me to go away. This is a public place.
public
Noun
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All of the people in a big place like a country.
I'm going to write this in the newspaper because the public needs to know it.
Getting Western publics to understand the nature of the war is hard enough.
The dress rehearsal was opened to the general public as well as celebrities.
company
Noun
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A company is an organization for doing work for money.
He works for a big company.
I own this company, so it's a problem for me if people don't buy what we make.
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Company is people who are visiting other people; people who are in other peoples' house so that they can talk to the other people, or people who are walking with other people or being somewhere with other people.
I can't talk to you on the phone right now, because I have company. (people in the house.)
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When someone keeps someone else company, they stay with the person.
Will you keep me company while I go to mail this letter?
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A company is a unit of an army, it usually consists of two or three platoons to form a battalion.
method
Noun
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If you use a method to achieve a goal, then you use a planned process.
It is quite simple to use the method described in Section 7.2 to find the solution.
My preferred method for contacting friends overseas is on the Internet.