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 guidebook:
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- 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:
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- 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:
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- 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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guide noun [ C ] (INFLUENCE)
a person or thing that influences what you do or think:
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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
uk/ɡaɪd/us/ɡaɪd/guide verb (HELP)
[ T ] to show someone how to do something difficult:
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- 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:
B1 [ T ] to take someone somewhere or to show someone how to get somewhere:
[ T usually + adv/prep ] to take hold of part of someone's body, especially their arm, and take that person somewhere:
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- 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:
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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:
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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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