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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 findings could guide future fossil discoveries as well.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 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

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

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

“Plenty of sense, by God, plenty of sense,” said Samir, grabbing the straps of Rostam’s harness and the pack mule’s lead to guide them across the desert pool.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri




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