guide

[ gahyd ]

/ gaɪd /

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verb (used with object), guid·ed, guid·ing.

to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person: He guided us through the forest.

to accompany (a sightseer) to show points of interest and to explain their meaning or significance.

to force (a person, object, or animal) to move in a certain path.

to supply (a person) with advice or counsel, as in practical or spiritual affairs.

to supervise (someone's actions or affairs) in an advisory capacity.

noun

a person who guides, especially one hired to guide travelers, tourists, hunters, etc.

a mark, tab, or the like, to catch the eye and thus provide quick reference.

a guidebook.

a book, pamphlet, etc., giving information, instructions, or advice; handbook: an investment guide.

a guidepost.

a device that regulates or directs progressive motion or action: a sewing-machine guide.

a spirit believed to direct the utterances of a medium.

Military. a member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.

OTHER WORDS FOR guide

1 pilot, steer, escort.

5 regulate, manage, govern, rule.

6 pilot, director, conductor.

7 sign, signal, indication, key, clue.

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OPPOSITES FOR guide

1 follow.

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Origin of guide

1325–75; Middle English giden (v.), gide (noun) <Old French gui(d)er (v.), gui(d)e (noun) <Germanic; akin to wit²

OTHER WORDS FROM guide

guid·a·ble, adjectiveguideless, adjectiveguider, nounguid·ing·ly, adverb

non·guid·a·ble, adjectivepre·guide, verb (used with object), pre·guid·ed, pre·guid·ing.re·guide, verb (used with object), re·guid·ed, re·guid·ing.un·guid·a·ble, adjective

Words nearby guide

Guianese, guib, guichet, guid, guidance, guide, guideboard, guidebook, guide center, guided, guided imagery

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To guide someone is to assist them in traveling through or in reaching a destination by accompanying them or giving them directions. How does guide compare to synonyms conduct, direct, and lead? Find out on Thesaurus.com.

How to use guide in a sentence

Download this guide to explore all the winners of the 2020 Digiday Media Awards Europe.
Sky News, Hearst UK and RT are Digiday Media Awards Europe winners|Digiday Awards|August 21, 2020|Digiday
Looking through this public art guide, I noticed a number of artworks placed in police stations throughout the city.
A Closer Look at the Public Art at Chicago Police Stations|by Logan Jaffe|August 21, 2020|ProPublica
Gear Patrol, which bills itself as the definitive buying guide for men, is taking similar steps to increase engagement on its social media channels, primarily on Instagram, in order to introduce audiences to products that it covers on its website.
How a new order of commerce is increasingly coming to the rescue for publishers with advertising challenges|Kayleigh Barber|August 17, 2020|Digiday
Readers were particularly drawn to deep-dives, explainers and guides around streaming platforms’ catalogs of older shows, Hill said.
U.K. entertainment title Digital Spy looks to use Apple News+ to boost global reach|Lara O'Reilly|July 29, 2020|Digiday

The made-for-Amazon brand is using most of the tools and techniques of a best in class ad campaign strategy to have, and can serve as a guide if brands don’t know where to start.
Deep Dive: How to master Amazon advertising in the new normal|Digiday|July 29, 2020|Digiday
I've seen video of that satirical guide to SXSW in 1998 where you asked a bunch of bands odd questions.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
If history is a guide, Huckabee will need to resonate with more than just the faithful if he is to win.
Can Huckabee Convert the GOP’s Moneymen?|Lloyd Green|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Objectively, they are not just riding with the tide, but helping to guide its very direction.
Corporations Are No Longer Silent on LGBT Issues||December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Add to that the DISH Anywhere app, and you have instant access to the program guide and the ability to record shows on the go.
Four TV Shows We Can’t Wait to Return In 2015|DISH|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In “Cartoons and Cereal,” he sings, “Reminisce when I had the morning appetite/ Apple Jacks, had nothing that I hit the TV Guide.”
Cereal Cafe’s Big Bowl of Hate|David Levesley|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This, of course, I always gave to the guide to use in sending the letter when he got to the trading-post.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
He said something laughingly to the head guide to the effect that climbing was good sport and a fine test for the nerves.
Uncanny Tales|Various
To guide his mind into the channel of the printed exposition, he calls into play the Directory power of the attention.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Taking half a dozen men with him, and compelling the woman to act as guide, he went to the tomb in the dark.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Men of science strove to read the riddle of life; to guide and to succour their fellow creatures.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford

British Dictionary definitions for guide (1 of 2)

guide

/ (ɡaɪd) /

verb

to lead the way for (a person)

to control the movement or course of (an animal, vehicle, etc) by physical action; steer

to supervise or instruct (a person)

(tr) to direct the affairs of (a person, company, nation, etc)he guided the country through the war

(tr) to advise or influence (a person) in his standards or opinionslet truth guide you always

noun

a person, animal, or thing that guides
(as modifier)a guide dog

a person, usually paid, who conducts tour expeditions, etc

a model or criterion, as in moral standards or accuracy

See guidebook

a book that instructs or explains the fundamentals of a subject or skilla guide to better living

any device that directs the motion of a tool or machine part

a mark, sign, etc, that points the way
(in combination)guidepost

spiritualism a spirit believed to influence a medium so as to direct what he utters and convey messages through him

navy a ship in a formation used as a reference for manoeuvres, esp with relation to maintaining the correct formation and disposition
military a soldier stationed to one side of a column or line to regulate alignment, show the way, etc

Derived forms of guide

guidable, adjectiveguideless, adjectiveguider, nounguiding, adjective, noun

Word Origin for guide

C14: from (Old) French guider, of Germanic origin; compare Old English wītan to observe

British Dictionary definitions for guide (2 of 2)

Guide

/ (ɡaɪd) /

noun

(sometimes not capital) a member of an organization for girls equivalent to the ScoutsUS equivalent: Girl Scout

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