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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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“It was on every collector’s wall, in every price guide, at the top of every wish list,” Alt CEO Leore Avidar Avidar said on Alt’s Instagram page.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

The Pentagon didn’t elaborate and it couldn’t be determined whether and how Iran might be using Chinese imagery to guide its military operations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Understanding how McGraths Flat formed provides a useful guide for identifying other iron-rich fossil sites around the world.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

If not, this guide offers a simple summary of where the main parties stand on the issues most important to voters, based on the promises they have made during the campaign.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

One night when there was a full moon to guide her, she took her lantern and set out for the graveyard.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney




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