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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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At the same time, information gained through cancer trials involving domestic cats could help guide future human clinical research.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

“We train our models to recognize distress, de-escalate conversations and guide users toward real-world support.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

"Every artist tries their own way. Some make it, some don't. What we need are systems that guide talent step by step."

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Historical patterns are only a guide, not a rule.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

While the adults are talking, she signs to me, “I looked up at just the right time to catch your line. ‘I’m lucky to have such strong parents to guide me through’?

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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