steer

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I have to buy a ticket to "help steer the project"?

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Quick take

an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of steer gathered in one view.

noun

an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"

noun

castrated bull

verb

direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for steer.

noun

an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"

noun

castrated bull

verb

direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

verb

direct (oneself) somewhere; "Steer clear of him"

verb

be a guiding or motivating force or drive; "The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses"

Example sentences

I have to buy a ticket to "help steer the project"?

And some of us know how to steer clear of such issues, and when to interject.

The only reason for this UI is to steer customers away from their best interests.

PHP evolved into that niche, but if you don't start there it's hard to steer there deliberately.

-- steer human life into better modes of existence and a new frontier of boldness.

Hmm, I'm not sure I like the idea of intentionally trying to steer the candidate off on a tangent.

I created this question when StackOverflow was just out of beta, hoping to steer it to more broader questions - guides, if you wish.

But if it's a complicated space, steer towards Cayenne or Hibernate, rather than active record patterns.

The fact that we all are products of war, suffering, and other terrible things does not remove our ability to steer the ship forward.

"If a student starts to outpace me, I can steer them into something more established such as Udacity or Coursera.

A big problem with our society and our communication channels is that they routinely employ this effect to steer public opinion where they want it to be.

More that Cisco would steer clear of such projects if working on them would put a black mark on their corporate reputation that would make it harder for them, as a company, to hire good people.

Followers of Rand, in particular, believe that only a blind reliance on market forces and the narrowest conception of self interest can steer us collectively toward the best civilization possible and that any attempt to impose wisdom or compassion from the topno matter who is at the top and no matter what the needis necessarily corrupting of the whole enterprise.