Steer
verb
To control the direction that something is going.
He steered the car around the corner.
Often appears as...
- steer clear
- steer away
verb
To guide someone's behavior or choices.
She steered him towards the art section of the museum.
Often appears as...
- steer clear
- steer towards
noun
A male cow that has been castrated.
They raised steers on their ranch.
Often appears as...
- prime steer
- black steer
verb
To avoid someone or something.
I try to steer clear of the office politics.
Often appears as...
- steer clear of controversy
- steer clear of trouble
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Colloquial
verb
To navigate a vessel to a destination.
The captain steered the ship through the storm.
Often appears as...
- steer a course
- steer the boat
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Technical
verb
To control the direction that something is going.
He steered the car around the corner.
Often appears as...
- steer clear
- steer away
verb
To guide someone's behavior or choices.
She steered him towards the art section of the museum.
Often appears as...
- steer clear
- steer towards
noun
A male cow that has been castrated.
They raised steers on their ranch.
Often appears as...
- prime steer
- black steer
verb
To avoid someone or something.
I try to steer clear of the office politics.
Often appears as...
- steer clear of controversy
- steer clear of trouble
Usage tips
Colloquial
verb
To navigate a vessel to a destination.
The captain steered the ship through the storm.
Often appears as...
- steer a course
- steer the boat
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Control
Refers to physical manipulation of vehicles or objects.
She steered the scooter through narrow streets.
Pro Tip 2/3Collocation 'Steer Clear'
Commonly used phrase meaning to stay away from trouble or danger.
Steer clear of the broken glass on the road.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Can also mean to influence a situation's outcome or direction.
She managed to steer the discussion back to the main topic.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Control
Refers to physical manipulation of vehicles or objects.
She steered the scooter through narrow streets.
Pro Tip 2/3Collocation 'Steer Clear'
Commonly used phrase meaning to stay away from trouble or danger.
Steer clear of the broken glass on the road.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Can also mean to influence a situation's outcome or direction.
She managed to steer the discussion back to the main topic.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Control
Refers to physical manipulation of vehicles or objects.
She steered the scooter through narrow streets.
Pro Tip 2/3Collocation 'Steer Clear'
Commonly used phrase meaning to stay away from trouble or danger.
Steer clear of the broken glass on the road.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Can also mean to influence a situation's outcome or direction.
She managed to steer the discussion back to the main topic.
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Do schools kill...
So you were probably steered benignly away from things at school when you were a kid, things you liked, on the grounds you would never get a job doing that. Is that right? "Don't do music, you're not going to be a musician; don't do art, you won't be an artist." Benign advice -- now, profoundly mistaken. The whole world is engulfed in a revolution.
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Do Rhinos Eat People? PIPE...
we wouldn't be going in the enclosures with them here at the zoo. You definitely wouldn't want to see one out in the wild and get too close, especially if there's a mum protecting her calf. So, yeah, definitely steer clear of them, but they wouldn't intentionally kill you to eat you or anything. It is just more of a defense mechanism.
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To overcome challenges,...
My hands were reaching for my legs, but my legs didn't recognize anything touching them. And in fact, I couldn't feel anything from the center of my chest down. So there I was, about 100 feet from the house, with my arms wrapped around the steering the wheel, trying to hold myself up, waiting for help.
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Human-powered mobility...
you know it's not that you don't need to keep your hands on the steering wheel or that you can shamelessly text while driving but the exciting thing is that we sell driving the car can give you a lift in the morning when you go to the office and then can give a lift to somebody else in your family
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How to Raise Successful...
there's a lot of harm going on there as well, where parents feel a kid can't be successful unless the parent is protecting and preventing at every turn and hovering over every happening, and micromanaging every moment, and steering their kid towards some small subset of colleges and careers.
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How the NSA betrayed the...
Should we worry. No, we shouldn't worry. We should be angry, because this is wrong, and it's rude, and it should not be done. But that's not going to really change the situation. What's going to change the situation for the rest of the world is to try to steer away
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How did Polynesian...
which were powered by sails and steered with a single large oar. Canoe building involved the whole community, bringing together the navigators, canoe builders, priests, chanters, and hula dancers. Navigators were keen observers of the natural world.
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Dear Facebook, this is...
heading its elections integrity operations for political advertising, I felt I had to say yes. I had no illusions that I would fix it all, but when offered the opportunity to help steer the ship in a better direction, I had to at least try.
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A Submariner's Life PIPE...
trust you to save my life nan Qualls have a year to learn a mind-boggling amount of highly technical information everything from nuclear propulsion to steering control to the life-support systems
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What does this symbol...
Some of the world's most recognizable symbols exist to sell products, others to steer traffic or advance political causes. But there's one whose main purpose is to help people.
Video examples
Do schools kill...
So you were probably steered benignly away from things at school when you were a kid, things you liked, on the grounds you would never get a job doing that. Is that right? "Don't do music, you're not going to be a musician; don't do art, you won't be an artist." Benign advice -- now, profoundly mistaken. The whole world is engulfed in a revolution.
Video examples
Do Rhinos Eat People? PIPE...
we wouldn't be going in the enclosures with them here at the zoo. You definitely wouldn't want to see one out in the wild and get too close, especially if there's a mum protecting her calf. So, yeah, definitely steer clear of them, but they wouldn't intentionally kill you to eat you or anything. It is just more of a defense mechanism.
Video examples
To overcome challenges,...
My hands were reaching for my legs, but my legs didn't recognize anything touching them. And in fact, I couldn't feel anything from the center of my chest down. So there I was, about 100 feet from the house, with my arms wrapped around the steering the wheel, trying to hold myself up, waiting for help.
Video examples
Human-powered mobility...
you know it's not that you don't need to keep your hands on the steering wheel or that you can shamelessly text while driving but the exciting thing is that we sell driving the car can give you a lift in the morning when you go to the office and then can give a lift to somebody else in your family
Video examples
How to Raise Successful...
there's a lot of harm going on there as well, where parents feel a kid can't be successful unless the parent is protecting and preventing at every turn and hovering over every happening, and micromanaging every moment, and steering their kid towards some small subset of colleges and careers.
Video examples
How the NSA betrayed the...
Should we worry. No, we shouldn't worry. We should be angry, because this is wrong, and it's rude, and it should not be done. But that's not going to really change the situation. What's going to change the situation for the rest of the world is to try to steer away
Video examples
How did Polynesian...
which were powered by sails and steered with a single large oar. Canoe building involved the whole community, bringing together the navigators, canoe builders, priests, chanters, and hula dancers. Navigators were keen observers of the natural world.
Video examples
Dear Facebook, this is...
heading its elections integrity operations for political advertising, I felt I had to say yes. I had no illusions that I would fix it all, but when offered the opportunity to help steer the ship in a better direction, I had to at least try.
Video examples
A Submariner's Life PIPE...
trust you to save my life nan Qualls have a year to learn a mind-boggling amount of highly technical information everything from nuclear propulsion to steering control to the life-support systems
Video examples
What does this symbol...
Some of the world's most recognizable symbols exist to sell products, others to steer traffic or advance political causes. But there's one whose main purpose is to help people.
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Kit Harington
English Actor
My parents brought us up in a very clever way, which was that they saw what we were interested in naturally, and then they encouraged whatever that may be. When I started sharing a keen interest in drama and the theater, instead of steering me away from it, they encouraged me to see plays and think about drama school.
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Wolfman Jack
American Entertainer
I never prayed for no money, and I never prayed for no fame. I said, 'I'll take care of that myself. You just keep me healthy and I'll do all I can to try to turn people around, to try to steer 'em in the right direction.' That's the whole trip in life, ya know.
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Luis Suarez
Uruguayan Athlete
When I was a kid, there were some people around me who were a bad influence. When I met my girlfriend Sofia, who is now my wife, I think it all changed. She was very important for me, because she steered me back on to the path I wanted to be on.
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Hugh Leonard
Irish Dramatist
I went through life like an idiot for a great deal of the time, saying there's nothing I would change. That was a very arrogant thing to say. There's a lot I would change. There are people I would have steered clear of.
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Paul Allen
American Businessman
While I sign off on trades or free agents, I've rarely overruled my basketball people's decisions. But I'm not shy about steering the discussion or pushing deeper if something doesn't make sense to me.
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Uddhav Thackeray
I know this government is running in a three-wheeler like an autorickshaw, but for the poor people the steering is in my hand and the other two are sitting behind supporting.
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Erica Mena
As a mom, I want to be that mother that steers her children to be whatever they want to be, but also lets them know that the world will never give them anything.
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Tate Taylor
American Actor
I don't steer towards anything. I steer towards character and truth. If it's funny then so be it. If it's dramatic, so be it. I just steer towards characters.
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Uzo Aduba
American Actress
I think of myself as a little kid, and I had a wild imagination, but it was something that was encouraged and supported, which helped steer me into the arts.
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Ricky Schroder
American Actor
I love being on set, because I've basically grown up on a set. And now I love to contribute as a director and help steer the ship, if you will.
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Kit Harington
English Actor
My parents brought us up in a very clever way, which was that they saw what we were interested in naturally, and then they encouraged whatever that may be. When I started sharing a keen interest in drama and the theater, instead of steering me away from it, they encouraged me to see plays and think about drama school.
Quote examples
Wolfman Jack
American Entertainer
I never prayed for no money, and I never prayed for no fame. I said, 'I'll take care of that myself. You just keep me healthy and I'll do all I can to try to turn people around, to try to steer 'em in the right direction.' That's the whole trip in life, ya know.
Quote examples
Luis Suarez
Uruguayan Athlete
When I was a kid, there were some people around me who were a bad influence. When I met my girlfriend Sofia, who is now my wife, I think it all changed. She was very important for me, because she steered me back on to the path I wanted to be on.
Quote examples
Hugh Leonard
Irish Dramatist
I went through life like an idiot for a great deal of the time, saying there's nothing I would change. That was a very arrogant thing to say. There's a lot I would change. There are people I would have steered clear of.
Quote examples
Paul Allen
American Businessman
While I sign off on trades or free agents, I've rarely overruled my basketball people's decisions. But I'm not shy about steering the discussion or pushing deeper if something doesn't make sense to me.
Quote examples
Uddhav Thackeray
I know this government is running in a three-wheeler like an autorickshaw, but for the poor people the steering is in my hand and the other two are sitting behind supporting.
Quote examples
Erica Mena
As a mom, I want to be that mother that steers her children to be whatever they want to be, but also lets them know that the world will never give them anything.
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Tate Taylor
American Actor
I don't steer towards anything. I steer towards character and truth. If it's funny then so be it. If it's dramatic, so be it. I just steer towards characters.
Quote examples
Uzo Aduba
American Actress
I think of myself as a little kid, and I had a wild imagination, but it was something that was encouraged and supported, which helped steer me into the arts.
Quote examples
Ricky Schroder
American Actor
I love being on set, because I've basically grown up on a set. And now I love to contribute as a director and help steer the ship, if you will.
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