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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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Can the past winners guide you in the right direction?

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

These structures act as pathways that guide electrical charges through the material.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026

A colorful map to help guide visitors around LACMA’s new David Geffen Galleries, including the best way to the wine bar and how to get a great view of Jeff Koons’ ‘Split-Rocker’ topiary sculpture.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

“Right now the alternative is really nothing to guide any type of personalization around how to manage expectations around GLP-1 use.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

“I went to the library at Elmers School and consulted the Burke’s guide for information.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin




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