guide (verb)

  • 11guide*/*/ — [gaɪd] noun I 1) [C] a book that gives information It is worth buying a good travel guide.[/ex] I bought a copy of A Beginner s Guide to Building Your Own Home.[/ex] 2) [C] something or someone that helps you to make a judgment about something… …

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  • 12guide — 1. noun /ɡaɪd/ a) Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation. b) A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook …

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  • 13guide — 1. noun 1) our guide took us back to the hotel Syn: escort, attendant, tour guide, docent, cicerone; usher, chaperone; historical dragoman 2) she is an inspiration and a guide Syn: adviser/advisor, mentor, counselor; …

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  • 14guide — 1 /gaId/ noun (C) 1 PERSON a) someone who shows you the way to a place, especially someone whose job is to show a place to tourists: a tour guide b) someone who advises you and influences the way you live and behave: The medicine man was the… …

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  • 15guide — /gaɪd / (say guyd) verb (t) (guided, guiding) 1. to lead or conduct on the way, as to a place or through a region; show the way to. 2. to direct the movement or course of: to guide a horse. 3. to lead, direct or advise in any course or action.… …

  • 16guide — 1. noun 1) our guide took us back to the hotel Syn: escort, attendant, courier, leader, usher 2) the techniques given serve as a guide Syn: outline, template, example, exemplar, model …

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  • 17guide — noun 1》 a person who advises or shows the way to others.     ↘a professional mountain climber in charge of a group. 2》 a directing principle or standard.     ↘a book providing information on a subject. 3》 a structure or marking which directs the… …

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  • 18guide — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. tracker, leader, instructor, pilot; map, instructions; guide book, chart, manual; cicerone, dragoman, escort. v. lead, direct, regulate; train. See direction, information, teaching, advice, rule. II… …

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  • 19guide — [14] The ancestor of guide was Germanic *wit ‘know’, source of English wise, wit, and witness. From it was derived a verb *wītan, and guild 256 the Franks, a West Germanic people who conquered Gaul in the 3rd and 4th centuries AD, brought it with …

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  • 20guide — [14] The ancestor of guide was Germanic *wit ‘know’, source of English wise, wit, and witness. From it was derived a verb *wītan, and the Franks, a West Germanic people who conquered Gaul in the 3rd and 4th centuries AD, brought it with them. It… …

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