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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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He said Rough & Tumble will end the day he does — or sooner, if artificial intelligence renders Kavanagh and his role as host, news-gatherer and California guide obsolete.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

This suggests astrocytes help not only create fear memories but also guide how the brain uses those memories to choose appropriate reactions in threatening situations.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

“If history is a guide, this is precisely the time you want to be selling memory-exposed names,” Krinsky said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

McDermott, who ran German software giant SAP before joining ServiceNow in 2019, must guide the company through the most significant technological upheaval in the volatile history of software.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“I think some part of me thought that the lighthouse would guide my family back to me.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti