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Definition of 'guide'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) guide
to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person.

2.  guide
to accompany (a sightseer) to show and comment upon points of interest.

3.  guide
to force (a person, object, or animal) to move in a certain path.

4.  guide
to supply (a person) with advice or counsel.

5.  guide
to supervise (someone's actions) in an advisory capacity; manage.

6. (n.) guide
a person who guides, esp. one hired to guide travelers, tourists, etc.

7.  guide
a mark, tab, or the like to attract the eye and thus provide quick reference.

8.  guide
a book, pamphlet, or the like with information, instructions, or advice.

9.  guide
a guidepost.

10.  guide
a device that regulates or directs progressive motion or action.

11.  guide
a spirit believed to direct the utterances of a medium.

12.  guide
a member of a group marching in military formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.

Etymology: (1325–75; < OF gui(d)er (v.), gui(d)e (n.) < Gmc; akin to wit²)

Definition of 'guide'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) usher, guide
someone employed to conduct others

2. (noun) guide
someone who shows the way by leading or advising

3. (noun) guidebook, guide
something that offers basic information or instruction

4. (noun) template, templet, guide
a model or standard for making comparisons

5. (noun) scout, pathfinder, guide
someone who can find paths through unexplored territory

6. (verb) guide
a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something

7. (verb) steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

8. (verb) lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
take somebody somewhere
"We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"

9. (verb) guide, steer
be a guiding or motivating force or drive
"The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses"

10. (verb) guide, guide on
use as a guide
"They had the lights to guide on"

11. (verb) guide, run, draw, pass
pass over, across, or through
"He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"

Definition of 'guide'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) guide
a book or article that gives help and advice
a guide to baking cookies; a travel guide

2.  guide
sb who's job is to show people interesting places
Our guide was fluent in three languages.; a tour guide

3.  guide
sth that helps you make a judgment
As a rough guide, I use about six tablespoons of water.

4. (verb) guide
to show the way to a place
to guide sb up/down/through/along/into etc. sth

5.  guide
to help sb to do sth
a few tips to guide your Internet search

6.  guide
to influence the way sb behaves
a politician guided only by his desire for power

Definition of 'guide'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) guide
the leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder

2. (verb) guide
to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path; to pilot; as, to guide a traveler

3. (verb) guide
to regulate and manage; to direct; to order; to superintend the training or education of; to instruct and influence intellectually or morally; to train

4. (verb) guide
a person who leads or directs another in his way or course, as in a strange land; one who exhibits points of interest to strangers; a conductor; also, that which guides; a guidebook

5. (verb) guide
one who, or that which, directs another in his conduct or course of lifo; a director; a regulator

6. (verb) guide
any contrivance, especially one having a directing edge, surface, or channel, for giving direction to the motion of anything, as water, an instrument, or part of a machine, or for directing the hand or eye, as of an operator

7. (verb) guide
a blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the wheel buckets

8. (verb) guide
a grooved director for a probe or knife

9. (verb) guide
a strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy he is setting

10. (verb) guide
a noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the directiug flank of each subdivision of a column of troops, or at the end of a line, to mark the pivots, formations, marches, and alignments in tactics

Translation of 'guide'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to lead, direct or show the way I don't know how to get to your house; – I'll need someone to guide me; Your comments guided me in my final choice.
Afrikaans: die pad wys, lei	Arabic: يُرشِد، يَقود	Bulgarian: водя
Brazilian: guiar	Czech: vést; řídit, usměrnit	German: führen
Danish: vise vej; lede	Greek: οδηγώ, ξεναγώ, κατευθύνω	Spanish: guiar, dirigir
Estonian: juhatama, juhendama	Farsi: راهنمایی کردن	Finnish: opastaa
French: guider	Hebrew: לְהַדרִיך	Hindi: अगुवाई करना, परिदर्शक गाइ
Croatian: voditi	Hungarian: vezet, vezérel	Indonesian: membimbing
Icelandic: vísa, fylgja, leiða	Italian: guidare	Japanese: 導く
Korean: 안내하다	Lithuanian: (nu)vesti, (nu)rodyti kel	Latvian: vadīt; virzīt
Malay: memandu	Dutch: de weg wijzen	Norwegian: (vei)lede, vise vei, føre
Polish: prowadzić	Persian: راهنمایی کردن	Pashto: لارښوول
Portuguese: guiar	Romanian: a ghida, a călăuzi	Russian: вести; направлять
Slovak: viesť, usmerňovať	Slovenian: voditi	Serbian: uputiti
Swedish: visa vägen, vägleda	Thai: แนะนำ	Turkish: yol göstermek, rehberlik
Taiwanese: 引導，指導	Ukrainian: бути провідником; вести	Urdu: ھدایت دینا
Vietnamese: chỉ đường	Chinese: 引导
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