guide
[ gahyd ]
/ gaɪd /
verb (used with object), guid·ed, guid·ing.
noun
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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
SYNONYMS FOR guide
synonym study for guide
1. Guide, conduct, direct, lead imply showing the way or pointing out or determining the course to be taken. Guide implies continuous presence or agency in showing or indicating a course: to guide a traveler. To conduct is to precede or escort to a place, sometimes with a degree of ceremony: to conduct a guest to his room. To direct is to give information for guidance, or instructions or orders for a course of procedure: to direct someone to the station. To lead is to bring onward in a course, guiding by contact or by going in advance; hence, fig., to influence or induce to some course of conduct: to lead a procession; to lead astray.
OTHER WORDS FROM guide
Words nearby guide
guianese, guib, guichet, guid, guidance, guide, guide center, guide dog, guide fossil, guide left, guide rail
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Example sentences from the Web for guider
Finally, God himself is the guider and director of him that ruleth, here prescribing to him how he is to rule, viz.
The Divine Right of Church Government|Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of LondonBy the motion communicated to the guide bar (guider), the diamond pattern is produced, as shown in fig. 994.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew UreHe was the politician of the concern, the handshaker, the guider of its policy.
The "Genius"|Theodore Dreiser
British Dictionary definitions for guider (1 of 3)
Guider
/ (ˈɡaɪdə) /
noun (sometimes not capital)
a woman leader of a company of GuidesIn full: Guide Guider
Brownie Guider a woman leader of a pack of Brownie Guides
British Dictionary definitions for guider (2 of 3)
guide
/ (ɡaɪd) /
verb
noun
Derived forms of guide
guidable, adjectiveguideless, adjectiveguider, nounguiding, adjective, nounWord Origin for guide
C14: from (Old) French guider, of Germanic origin; compare Old English wītan to observe
British Dictionary definitions for guider (3 of 3)
Guide
/ (ɡaɪd) /
noun
(sometimes not capital) a member of an organization for girls equivalent to the ScoutsUS equivalent: Girl Scout
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Medical definitions for guider
guide
[ gīd ]
n.
A device or instrument by which something is led into its proper course, such as a grooved director or a catheter guide.
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