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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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If other builder earnings are any guide, investors watching D.R.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

David spoke about the outrageous audition process for “Curb,” wherein actors tried to navigate a brief written scenario without any dialogue to guide them as David lambasted them in character.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

The museum does provide QR codes linking to the Bloomberg Connects museum guide app, and a guidebook.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Gemma McInnes, a hiking guide in Eryri, fears she could lose money and clients as a result of the ban.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

His teacher and the tour guide hadn’t noticed, but there was a ring of titters and pitying glances from his classmates.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova




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