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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

“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

He is an able guide, piloting us deftly through the economic and cultural intricacies of a half-dozen societies in language that is mostly brisk and well-paced.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

If these environments on Earth were capable of supporting the chemistry needed for life, they could guide scientists toward promising places to look beyond our planet.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 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