Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense guides, present participle guiding, past tense, past participle guided
1. countable noun
A guide is a book that gives you information or instructions to help you do or understand something.
Our 10-page guide will help you to change your life for the better.
...the Pocket Guide to Butterflies of Britain and Europe. [+ to]
Synonyms: handbook, manual, guidebook, instructions More Synonyms of guide
2. countable noun
A guide is a book that gives tourists information about a town, area, or country.
Follow your guide to Angkor Wat. [+ to]
3. countable noun
A guide is someone who shows tourists around places such as museums or cities.
We've arranged a walking tour of the city with your guide.
4. verb
If you guide someone around a city, museum, or building, you show it to them and explain points of interest.
...a young Egyptologist who guided us through tombs and temples with enthusiasm. [VERB noun adverb/preposition]
There will be guided walks around the site. [VERB-ed]
5. See also guided tour
6. countable noun
A guide is someone who shows people the way to a place in a difficult or dangerous region.
The mountain people say that, with guides, the journey can be done in fourteen days.
Synonyms: escort, leader, controller, attendant More Synonyms of guide
7. countable noun [usually singular]
A guide is something that can be used to help you plan your actions or to form an opinion about something.
As a rough guide, a horse needs 2.5 per cent of his body weight in food every day.
When selecting fresh fish, let your taste buds be your guide.
8. verb
If you guide someone somewhere, you go there with them in order to show them the way.
He took the bewildered Elliott by the arm and guided him out. [VERB noun adverb/preposition]
Khandoo guided me through the dark alleys until the smell told me we had arrived. [VERB noun adverb/preposition]
Synonyms: lead, direct, escort, conduct More Synonyms of guide
9. verb
If you guide a vehicle somewhere, you control it carefully to make sure that it goes in the right direction.
Captain Shelton guided his plane down the runway and took off. [VERB noun adverb/preposition]
Synonyms: steer, control, manage, direct More Synonyms of guide
10. verb
If something guides you somewhere, it gives you the information you need in order to go in the right direction.
They sailed across the Baltic and North Seas with only a compass to guide them. [VERB noun]
11. verb
If something or someone guides you, they influence your actions or decisions.
He should have let his instinct guide him. [VERB noun]
Development has been guided by a concern for the ecology of the area. [VERB noun]
My mother, whose guiding principle in life was doing right, had a far greater influenceon me. [VERB-ing]
Synonyms: supervise, train, rule, teach More Synonyms of guide
12. verb
If you guide someone through something that is difficult to understand or to achieve, you help them to understand it or to achieve success in it.
...a free helpline to guide you through the application process. [VERB noun adverb/preposition]
The 42-year-old Scot has guided the team to victory in three of their last five games. [VERB noun adverb/preposition]
More Synonyms of guide
Guide
Word forms: plural Guides
1. proper noun [with singular or plural verb]
In Britain, Guides is an organization for girls which teaches them to become practical and independent. Guides used to be called the Girl Guides. In the United States, there is a similar organization called the Girl Scouts.
2. countable noun
In Britain, a Guide is a girl who is a member of Guides.
guide in British English
(ɡaɪd)
verb
1.
to lead the way for (a person)
2.
to control the movement or course of (an animal, vehicle, etc) by physical action; steer
3.
to supervise or instruct (a person)
4. (transitive)
to direct the affairs of (a person, company, nation, etc)
the president guided the country through the war
5. (transitive)
to advise or influence (a person) in his or her standards or opinions
let truth guide you always
noun
6.
a.
a person, animal, or thing that guides
b.
(as modifier)
a guide dog
7.
a person, usually paid, who conducts tour expeditions, etc
8.
a model or criterion, as in moral standards or accuracy
9. guidebook
10.
a book that instructs or explains the fundamentals of a subject or skill
a guide to better living
11.
any device that directs the motion of a tool or machine part
12.
a.
a mark, sign, etc, that points the way
b.
(in combination)
guidepost
13. spiritualism
a spirit believed to influence mediums so as to direct what they utter and convey messages through them
14.
a. navy
a ship in a formation used as a reference for manoeuvres, esp with relation to maintaining the correct formation and disposition
b. military
a soldier stationed to one side of a column or line to regulate alignment, show the way, etc
Derived forms
guidable (ˈguidable)
adjective
guideless (ˈguideless)
adjective
guider (ˈguider)
noun
guiding (ˈguiding)
adjective, noun
Word origin
C14: from (Old) French guider, of Germanic origin; compare Old English wītan to observe
Guide in British English
(ɡaɪd)
noun
(sometimes not capital)
a member of an organization for girls equivalent to the Scouts
US equivalent: Girl Scout
guide in American English
(gaɪd)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈguided or ˈguiding
1.
to point out the way for; direct on a course; conduct; lead
2.
to direct the course or motion of (a vehicle, implement, etc.) by physical action
3.
to give instruction to; train
4.
to direct (the policies, actions, etc.) of; manage; regulate
verb intransitive
5.
to act as a guide
noun
6.
a person or thing that guides
; specif.,
a.
a person whose work is conducting strangers or tourists through a region, building, etc.
b.
a person who directs, or serves as the model for, another's conduct, career, etc.
c.
a part that controls the motion of other parts of a machine
d.
a guidebook
e.
a book giving instruction in the elements of some subject; handbook
a guide to mathematics
f. Military
a soldier at the right front of a column, who regulates its pace and alignment and indicates its route
Derived forms
guidable (ˈguidable)
adjective
Word origin
ME giden < OFr guider < guide < It guida < Goth *wida, leader, guide < *witan, to observe, akin to OE witan, to see: see wise1
guide in Mechanical Engineering
(gaɪd)
Word forms: (regular plural) guides
noun
(Mechanical engineering: Machinery and components)
A guide is a device that directs the motion of a tool or machine part.
The saw has a blade guide to restrain and control the free end of the blade.
These dies have guides which keep them square when starting the screwing of the pipe.
A guide is a device that directs the motion of a tool or machine part.
Examples of 'guide' in a sentence
guide
My guide didn't seem at all surprised that I knew you, by the way.
Garth Nix LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)
According to my briefing, there would be a guide, somewhere.
Hilton, John Buxton MOONDROP TO MURDER (2001)
Looking for landmarks to guide us back, we moved carefully towards the distant light that signalled a facility of some sort.
Kallen, Lucille C B GREENFIELD - A LITTLE MADNESS (2001)
They'd felt safe because they were traveling with a guide who knew the area and, presumably, the dangers.
James Grippando A KING'S RANSOM (2001)
In other languages
guide
British English: guide /ɡaɪd/ NOUN
A guide is a book hat gives you information or instructions to help you do or understand something.
He found a step-by-step guide to building your own home.
American English: guide
Arabic: مُرْشِد
Brazilian Portuguese: guia
Chinese: 领路人
Croatian: vodič
Czech: průvodce
Danish: guide
Dutch: gids
European Spanish: guía
Finnish: opas
French: guide personne
German: Führer
Greek: οδηγός
Italian: guida punto di riferimento
Japanese: ガイド
Korean: 안내자
Norwegian: guide
Polish: przewodnik osoba
European Portuguese: guia
Romanian: ghid
Russian: руководство
Latin American Spanish: guía lo que orienta
Swedish: guide
Thai: คู่มือ
Turkish: rehber turizm
Ukrainian: гід
Vietnamese: hướng dẫn viên
British English: guide VERB
If you guide someone around a city, museum, or building, you show it to them and explain points of interest.
...a young Egyptologist who guided us through tombs and temples with enthusiasm.
American English: guide
Brazilian Portuguese: guiar
Chinese: 给…领路
European Spanish: guiar
French: guider
German: führen
Italian: guidare
Japanese: 案内する
Korean: 안내하여 보여주다
European Portuguese: guiar
Latin American Spanish: guiar
All related terms of 'guide'
guide dog
A guide dog is a dog that has been trained to lead a blind person.
field guide
a handbook , usually illustrated , for use in identifying birds, plants, etc., as while hiking or camping
Girl Guide
In Britain , the Guides used to be called the Girl Guides .
guide price
a speculative price for something not yet offered for sale
guide rope
a stay or rope attached to another rope that is lifting a load , either to steady the load or guide the rope
guide shoe
A guide shoe is a protective cap at the end of the casing string, which makes it easier to insert the string into the hole.
guide vanes
fixed aerofoils that direct air, gas, or water into the moving blades of a turbine or into or around bends in ducts with minimum loss of energy
guide word
a word printed at the top of a page in a dictionary , encyclopedia , etc., usually the first or last entry on the page
honey guide
any small bird of the family Indicatoridae, inhabiting tropical forests of Africa and Asia and feeding on beeswax , honey , and insects : order Piciformes ( woodpeckers , etc)
light guide
a hair-thin, fiber-optic cable
tour guide
a person who leads others on a short trip round a place, for example a historical building, city, etc
Brownie Guide
a member of the Brownie Guides , one of the junior branches ( aged 7–10 years) in The Guide Association
Guide Guider
a woman leader of a company of Guides
Queen's Guide
(in Britain and the Commonwealth when the sovereign is female) a Guide who has passed the highest tests of proficiency
railway guide
a publication containing routes and timetables for train journeys
street guide
a plan of the streets in a given area or town
user's guide
a guide supplied by providers of a product or service to help users understand how to make the best use of the product or service
mountain guide
a trained professional mountaineer who guides climbers up a mountain
guidebook
A guidebook is a book that gives tourists information about a town , area, or country.
ranger
A ranger is a person whose job is to look after a forest or large park.
electronic programme guide
an on-screen guide that enables viewers of digital television to select programmes using a handheld device
dragrope
a rope used to drag military equipment, esp artillery