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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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As clients go through guided workouts on five to seven machines, such as a leg press or shoulder press for example, they are pushing their muscles to failure.

From Los Angeles Times

That said, the new ships will be equipped with modern weaponry such as guided missiles, some carrying nuclear warheads, but according to standard naval nomenclature, that means they’re misnamed as “battleships.”

From Los Angeles Times

They are all discussing how big the foetus is at various stages of pregnancy, using fruit and vegetables as a guide.

From BBC

On Earth, tectonic forces constantly reshape the landscape, creating mountains, valleys, and varied terrain that guide water flow and link river systems together.

From Science Daily

"Ivor Cutler has been a guiding light for me in many ways, not just as a writer or poet but in his approach to life," he says.

From BBC