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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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Interim coach D.J Smith helped guide the team to an 11-6-6 finish, aided in part by a trade for Rangers winger Artemi Panarin, whom Laviolette has also coached.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

In a second call with the BBC, HTA manager Angfurba claims the two clients did not want to pay the additional cost for a more experienced guide after their original one was removed.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

If recent history is any guide, that would seem to dash hopes for a quick recovery.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

But if you’re not feeling patriotic—or feel like you might just need a backup for Team USA on the off-chance they don’t go all the way, here’s our guide to sifting through the field.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

A bright lemon-printed fabric caught his eyes, and he barreled up the flight of stairs, nearly bumping into the tour guide, Anjali Singh.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova




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