guide
[ gahyd ]
/ gaɪd /
verb (used with object), guid·ed, guid·ing.
noun
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,
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guichet,
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guide center,
guide dog,
guide fossil,
guide left,
guide rail
Example sentences from the Web for guide
British Dictionary definitions for guide (1 of 2)
guide
/ (ɡaɪd) /
verb
noun
Derived forms of guide
guidable, adjective guideless, adjective guider, noun guiding, adjective, nounWord 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 Scouts
US equivalent: Girl Scout
Medical definitions for guide
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.