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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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The approach offers a clearer view of how antibodies interact with viruses and could help guide future vaccine design.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

Navy divers will then secure the capsule and guide it to the Murtha’s deck.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

In her new book, Emma Grede shares her tough-love guide to balancing life and work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

In the long term, taking genetic and other information together could help guide the choice of which weight-loss drug to use, based on the potential benefits - something called "precision medicine".

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

And this branch, this wood, became their guide.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda




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