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

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How to use guide in a sentence

It takes less than five minutes to set up, and this guide will help.
A covid-fighting tool is buried in your phone. Turn it on.|Geoffrey Fowler|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
As the guides make lunch, the rest of us follow a path to a commanding view of the river as it meanders beneath the hulking sculpture of the high desert.
On mountain bikes in the Utah desert, a college reunion like no other|John Briley|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
You can buy helpful guides to drill the holes, and most locksets come with clear instructions and a template that’ll help you make sure everything goes in the right place.
Build your own door and ascend to a higher level of DIY|Courtney Starr|November 20, 2020|Popular-Science
I moved in for a closer look at the only colugo I spotted before my guides.
On a cool night in Malaysia, scientists track mysterious colugos across the treetops|Yao-Hua Law|November 20, 2020|Science News

As powerful as the models can be, they are an imperfect guide.
Who should get a covid-19 vaccine first?|Niall Firth|November 20, 2020|MIT Technology Review
A personal favorite is “C Is For Cookie” for guiding me through a 1994 playground debate over how to spell the word.
‘Sesame Street’ Is Middle-Aged and Awesome|Emily Shire|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Or do her parents—who are also artists—play a large role in guiding the brush that pulled in well over $200,000 in 2012?
The Tiniest Jackson Pollock|Justin Jones|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Other parents told me that their daughters simply seemed to prefer other toys apart from their guiding influence.
Barbie Is Out, Monster High Is In|Samantha Allen|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She apparently sees them—in concert with America, Israel, and NATO—as the ever-present, ever-guiding hand behind current affairs.
The Kardashian Look-Alike Trolling for Assad|Noah Shachtman, Michael Kennedy|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The guru guiding her mission to becoming a fully realized human: a buttoned up marketing expert named Henry—seriously, get it?
‘Selfie’ Is Both a Brilliant and Terrible TV Show|Kevin Fallon|September 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A little shepherdess is guiding them, as anxious to get them in as they are to enter, for this means the end of her day's work.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
Her mind is guiding the surging billows of the Revolution, and influencing the decisions of the proudest thrones of Europe.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
But the groom who took care of them sprang instantly after them, and kept swimming beside them, guiding and cheering them.
The Nursery, January 1873, Vol. XIII.|Various
Thereafter as they walked along, Phyllis kept one guiding hand against the wall.
The Adventure Girls at K Bar O|Clair Blank
A rise of land showed gaunt and black, and the pilot was guiding the ship in a long slant upon it.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931|Various

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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