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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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Here is our guide about how to follow the results and how to know when races are really called.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: See our guide to the best Father’s Day gifts for every type of dad.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

"As a young girl, I really had to rely on coaches and PE teachers to guide me on my journey of wanting to be a footballer," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

ET that it is describing as “a beginner’s guide to help get in early” to IPOs.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

“There’s a bit of current running through as it changes,” the guide said.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste




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