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guidenoun [ C ]

uk/ɡaɪd/us/ɡaɪd/

guide noun [ C ] (BOOK)

B1 a book that gives you the most important information about a particular subject:

a hotel/wine guide
a guide to the birds of North America

a guidebook:

a guide to Spain
travel guides

More examples

  • He has written a fully comprehensive guide to Rome.
  • He's written the definitive guide to Britain's Lake District.
  • The informative asides about rural life make this wine guide rather special.
  • The grammar guide falls between two stools - it's too difficult for a beginner but not detailed enough for an advanced student.
  • It says in the guide that this area of the countryside offers some of the best walks in England.

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Books: reference books

  • almanac
  • annual
  • atlas
  • bible
  • coursebook
  • dictionary
  • encyclopedia
  • gazetteer
  • grammar
  • handbook
  • lexicon
  • manual
  • peerage
  • phrase book
  • reference book
  • textbook
  • the Yellow Pages
  • thesaurus
  • who's who idiom
  • yearbook

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guide noun [ C ] (HELP)

something that helps you form an opinion or make a decision about something else:

I never follow recipes exactly when I cook - I just use them as rough guides.

More examples

  • Use the picture on the front of the box as a guide to what the finished model should look like.
  • The instructions are offered as guides and are not meant to be taken too literally.
  • The number of houses for sale gives you a guide to the state of the property market.
  • The tests are a rough guide to students' progress.
  • As a rough guide, ten paces is about equal to ten yards.

guide noun [ C ] (PERSON)

A2 a person whose job is showing a place or a particular route to visitors:

We hired a guide to take us up into the mountains.
a tour guide

More examples

  • A guide conducts tours of the cathedral every afternoon.
  • We had to ask our guide to interpret for us.
  • We needed a guide and he was only too happy to oblige.
  • You will be taken round the museum by one of the guides.
  • The guides sometimes receive gratuities from the tourists that supplement their salaries.

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Tourism & holidays

  • ABTA
  • agritourism
  • awayday
  • break
  • camping ground
  • caravan park
  • caravan site
  • Cinco de Mayo
  • courier
  • docent
  • holiday
  • holiday package
  • holidaymaker
  • low season
  • resort
  • season
  • self-catering
  • staging post
  • vacationer
  • weekend

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Taking someone somewhere or telling them the way

guide noun [ C ] (INFLUENCE)

a person or thing that influences what you do or think:

Let your conscience be your guide.

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People in charge of or controlling other people

  • administrator
  • authority
  • bureaucrat
  • chairman
  • chairperson
  • giant
  • Goliath
  • guiding spirit
  • headman
  • helicopter parent
  • hierarchy
  • leader
  • marshal
  • on high idiom
  • operator
  • overlord
  • paymaster
  • pillar
  • powerhouse
  • your lord and master idiom

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guideverb

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guide verb (HELP)

[ T ] to show someone how to do something difficult:

Our lawyer guided us through the more complicated questions on the form.

More examples

  • The government is planning to launch a benchmarking scheme to guide consumers.
  • Parents have the right to expect information to guide them through a growing, yet unregulated market.
  • The instructions will guide you through the process of assembling the equipment.
  • The glossary is useful for guiding you through some of the technical terms that are used in the book.
  • The help file will guide you through the installation process.

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Showing and demonstrating

  • act sth out
  • attest
  • barometer
  • bespeak
  • bring
  • bring sth forward
  • flicker
  • manifestation
  • produce
  • prove
  • put up sth
  • radiate
  • revealing
  • says something about sb/sth idiom
  • signify
  • speak
  • strike
  • suggest
  • token
  • wear

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guide verb (SHOW WAY)

B1 [ T ] to show people around a place:

The curator guided us through the gallery, pointing out the most famous paintings in the collection.
a guided tour of the city

B1 [ T ] to take someone somewhere or to show someone how to get somewhere:

The shop assistant guided me to the shelf where the gardening books were displayed.
The runway lights guide the plane in to land.

[ T usually + adv/prep ] to take hold of part of someone's body, especially their arm, and take that person somewhere:

He took my arm and guided me to the bar.

More examples

  • Jane guided us round the colleges.
  • My colleague here will guide you around the museum.
  • He guided us through the woods.
  • It's better if you have someone to guide you round the city.
  • Shall I guide you round the house?

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Taking someone somewhere or telling them the way

  • accompany
  • bring
  • bring sb/sth along
  • chaperone
  • come
  • come along
  • convoy
  • direct
  • docent
  • drop
  • lead 1
  • refer sb to sth/sb
  • see sb off
  • shepherd
  • show sb around (sth)
  • show sb over sth
  • stick
  • usher
  • usherette
  • walk

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guide verb (MAKE MOVE)

[ T usually + adv/prep ] to make something move in the direction in that you want it to go:

The pilot guided the plane onto the runway.
She guided the child's head and arms into the T-shirt.

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Affecting and influencing

  • across-the-board
  • act
  • affect
  • applicability
  • be/fall under sb's influence/spell idiom
  • bear on sth
  • cross
  • force
  • impact
  • inroad
  • inspiration
  • instrumental
  • jerk
  • lead 1
  • leave your/its mark on sb/sth idiom
  • tilt the balance/scales idiom
  • turn sb's head idiom
  • unlock
  • warp
  • work against/for sb

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guide verb (INFLUENCE)

[ T ] to influence someone's behaviour:

Trust your own judgment and don't be guided by what anyone else thinks.

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Affecting and influencing

  • across-the-board
  • act
  • affect
  • applicability
  • be/fall under sb's influence/spell idiom
  • bear on sth
  • cross
  • force
  • impact
  • inroad
  • inspiration
  • instrumental
  • jerk
  • lead 1
  • leave your/its mark on sb/sth idiom
  • tilt the balance/scales idiom
  • turn sb's head idiom
  • unlock
  • warp
  • work against/for sb

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Guidenoun

uk/ɡaɪd/us/ɡaɪd/

[ C ] also Girl Guide a girl between ten and 14 years old who is a member of the Guides organization

the Guides [ plural ]

an international organization for young women that encourages them to take part in different activities and to become responsible and independent

Compare
the Scouts

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Named organizations & societies & their members

  • ABTA
  • AFC
  • Amnesty International
  • ash
  • Boy Scout
  • brownie
  • charter member
  • Citizens Advice
  • CONCACAF
  • High Commission
  • pack
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • PTO
  • Samaritan
  • the IRA
  • the Peace Corps
  • the Women's Institute
  • the WSPA
  • troop
  • worshipful

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