Meaning of steer In English

• 0 to control the direction of a vehicle:

  • She carefully steered the car around the potholes.

  • This car is very easy to steer.

  • The ship passed Land's End, in Cornwall, then steered towards southern Ireland.

  • She steered her guests into the dining room.

  • I'd like to steer our discussion back to our original topic.

  • The main task of the new government will be to steer the country towards democracy.

• 1 a young male of the cattle family that has had its sex organs removed, usually kept for meat

• 2 to advise someone or give them useful information about something:

  • Here are my questions. Can anyone give me a steer?

  • The guy at the information office gave me a bum steer - the restaurant was terrible.

• 3 to control the direction of a vehicle:

  • [ T ] It’s not easy to steer the car through these narrow streets.

  • [ I ] fig. The speech steered clear of (= avoided) controversial issues.

  • [ T ] She steered her guests into the dining room.

  • [ T ] I’d like to steer the discussion back to our original topic.

• 4 a young male of the cattle family that has had its sex organs removed and that is usually raised for meat

• 5 to make something or someone go in a particular direction or progress in a particular way:

  • steer sth back to sth I'd like to steer our discussion back to our original topic.

  • steer sth through sth The new CEO will have to steer the company through choppy waters.

• 6 to be in charge of a company, organization, etc.:

  • We have done a lot of long-term thinking about how we will steer the company.

• 7 to take a series of actions carefully in order to achieve a particular thing:

  • The government will steer a course of stability for the economy.

• 8 to avoid someone or something that seems unpleasant, risky, or dangerous:

  • steer clear (of sth/sb) He tries to steer clear of an overdraft on his current account.

  • She has managed to steer clear of any suggestion of a conflict of interest.

  • The risks are high, and careful investors should steer clear.

• 9 a piece of information or advice:

  • I need a steer on what to do next.

  • give sb a steer (on/with sth) Can someone please give me a steer on how to install the software?