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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.

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“We have thousands of problems and that is the reason why they are in the street. What happened in Zvernec was just the tipping point”, 46-year-old tour guide Arben Kola told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Plus, a guide to the far-flung base camps, a final goodbye to Messi and Ronaldo and hot takes from soccer’s loudest star.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

One tool that can help guide people’s decisions about splurging is a personal values statement, said Ashley Agnew, a financial therapist at Edward Jones.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

Playing late with soft hands, Williamson's ability to somehow guide any delivery to the third-man boundary appeared to defy geometry.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

She came around the desk and put a hand on Zeke’s shoulder to guide him out the door.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness




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