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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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Red Sanders departed Vanderbilt — his alma mater — to embark on a golden era of football at UCLA, guiding the Bruins to a 66-19-1 record and a share of the Bruins’ only national championship, in 1954.

From Los Angeles Times

He adds that the technique could eventually guide the development of therapies for this neurodegenerative disorder.

From Science Daily

Though November PMIs for much of the region kept pointing to soft manufacturing, the surveys haven’t been a great guide to hard activity data for some economies, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

These structures were built to regulate seasonal flooding, guide water flow, and create stable areas for living and farming within a wetland that changes dramatically throughout the year.

From Science Daily

The three shortlisted words were put to a public vote, the results of which helped to guide the final decision taken by OUP's language experts.

From BBC