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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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The connectome offers real biological data that may help guide the design of artificial agents that move through virtual worlds, systems that are increasingly used to study intelligence and improve AI training.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Gluba said the city has only confirmed two tainted copies of the guide, but is investigating the magnitude of the distribution.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

As a rough guide, fill a quarter of your plate with protein foods, such as meat, fish, beans, lentils or chickpeas, at every meal.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Her North Korean tour guide said EVs were preferred because they were better for the environment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

“It’s okay, babe. We’re glad you’re here,” Dad says, placing his hand on her lower back to guide her to the dining room.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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