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

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.

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British Dictionary definitions for guide (1 of 2)

guide
/ (ɡaɪd) /

verb

noun

Derived forms of guide

guidable, adjective guideless, adjective guider, noun guiding, 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 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.