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guidebook

American  
[gahyd-book] / ˈgaɪdˌbʊk /

noun

  • guidebooks
    plural
  1. a book of directions, advice, and information, especially for travelers or tourists.


guidebook British  
/ ˈɡaɪdˌbʊk /

noun

  1. Also called: guide.  a handbook with information for visitors to a place, as a historic building, museum, or foreign country

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of guidebook

First recorded in 1805–15; guide + book

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The Daily Express says there is "outcry" over the guidebook having to explicitly give asylum seekers advice on how to behave towards women.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Nevins developed the guidebook after an unsettling experience when her dad was hospitalized.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

Asked for comment by AFP, the city's Department of Education said their regulations are only the first step, promising a more comprehensive guidebook later this year.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

Later, she is assigned to collaborate on a guidebook and write a term paper.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2026

“You know, leis were traditionally given only to royalty,” I say, quoting from my guidebook.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

Party publishers issued a series of guidebooks as required reading, including one title that listed 72 positive and 74 negative practices that officials should follow or avoid.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

A doctoral graduate from UC Davis, they managed the Big Wall Bats program and created Yosemite climb guidebooks in addition to volunteer work, according to the release.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2025

Mr. Frommer was selling 300,000 copies of his guide every year by the mid-1960s; by some contemporary accounts, they represented a quarter to a third of all European guidebooks sold in the United States.

From New York Times Nov. 18, 2024

The pollutant emissions from the flares were estimated from the flared gas volumes reported by the World Bank Gas Flaring Tracker and emission factors available in peer-reviewed publications and reference emission inventories guidebooks.

From BBC Nov. 27, 2023

From the Federal Experimental Theater I was transferred to the Federal Writers’ Project, and I tried to earn my bread by writing guidebooks.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

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