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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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If history is any guide, the resultant portfolio would have a similar risk profile as one fully invested in either of these low-volatility portfolios, but perform less well.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

Using faster, more accurate satellite imagery to guide strikes is part of Ukraine’s strategy for launching more precise attacks from a distance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

A Nepali climbing guide who went missing on Mount Everest for six days has been found crawling down to base camp in what has been described as a miraculous self-rescue.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

These bursts of genetic activity occur in sequence and help guide the organism through each stage of growth.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Knowing that I would never find it, I walked along beside Black Star and let him guide us.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell




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