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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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The team learned it could save money by first generating static images, which are cheaper to produce, as a guide for the model.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

The findings could guide future fossil discoveries as well.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026

But she adds traditional marketing still matters, noting that while BookTok reaches a highly engaged audience, many readers still rely on reviews and traditional media to guide their reading choices.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

“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

Fishing was good, but I couldn’t yet bring myself to try swimming again because I stubbornly wanted Togbe to be the one to guide me, with his gentle instincts for the water.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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