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guide

[gahyd] / gaɪd /




Usage

What are other ways to say guide? The verb 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, figuratively, to influence or induce to some course of conduct: to lead a procession; to lead astray.

Example Sentences

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Prosecutors have also investigated allegations that tour guides and intermediaries scammed the museum out of roughly $12 million by manipulating ticketing and access systems, another episode that sharpened criticism of oversight.

From The Wall Street Journal

The investigation was ongoing and "will be guided by verifiable evidence and established facts", the sheriff's office added.

From BBC

The company gave a weaker-than-expected earnings forecast in November, and said that it was taking a “prudent approach to our guide while implementing aggressive actions to mitigate” the rising costs.

From Barron's

Rather than jailers, these corrections officers were more like social workers or guides to a better way of living.

From Los Angeles Times

These findings may guide future therapies designed to boost muscle regeneration in older adults.

From Science Daily