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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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On Sunday, renowned Nepali mountain guide Kami Rita Sherpa, 56, smashed his own world record for the most summits of Everest, after scaling it for a 32nd time.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Your own risk tolerance should also help guide how you allocate your investments from here.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

The team hopes the work will ultimately serve as a practical guide for designing the next generation of ultrafast lasers used in medicine, imaging, manufacturing, and other advanced technologies.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

The Italian divers included a marine biology professor with many years of experience, her daughter, two young researchers, and their Maldives-based guide.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

He gives me a hug and then hurries to guide Teddy toward the exit, but he veers off when he sees Jonah.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison




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