guide

guide: ▪ I. guide guide ¹ [gaɪd] noun [countable]

1. something that provides you with information, figures etc on which you can base your judgement or method of doing something:

• The key US and foreign annual interest rates below are a guide to general levels but don't always represent actual transactions.

2. a book that provides information on a particular subject or explains how to do something:

• the latest version of the company guide

3. TRAVEL JOBS someone whose job is to show a place to people visiting it:

• Sandra, who liked traveling, started a new career in her forties as a professional tour guide.

[m0] ▪ II. guide guide ² verb [transitive]

1. to show someone the right way to do something, especially something difficult or complicated:

• The Justice Department issued regulations to guide businesses on how to deal with their customers under the new laws.

2. to take someone through or to a place that you know very well, showing them the way:

• On the tour, we were personally guided through five of the rooms in the White House.

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guide UK US /gaɪd/ noun [C]

► something that helps you form an opinion or make a decision about something else: »Examine your financial goals using the checklist on page 120 as a guide.
a guide to sth »GDP is not always a reliable guide to the health of an economy.
»As a rough guide, expect to pay up to €500 for a basic website.

► a book, website, etc. that gives you the most important information about a particular subject: »a useful guide for new investors
a guide to sth »The website is an online consumer guide to the best electronic products.

► (also tour guide) a person whose job is showing a place or a particular route to visitors: »Our guide was full of wonderful stories.

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guide UK US /gaɪd/ verb

► [T] to help someone form an opinion or make a decision: »The survey is used to guide interest rate policy.
»Public opinion is guided by the mass media.
»A love of risk and adventure has guided his career.

► [T] to show someone how to do something difficult: guide sb through/to/toward sth »Our lawyer guided us through the more complicated questions on the form.
»The new system is designed to guide consumers to the cheapest and simplest loan offers.
»A team of advisors was hired to guide the company forward.

► [T] to take someone somewhere, or make something move in the direction in which you want it to go: guide sb/sth around/into/toward sth »A series of signs guide visitors around the factory.
»Guide the motor carefully into place and secure it with the screws.

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Synonyms:

Lead, conduct, pilot, Director, conductor, pilot / Direct, rule, govern, manage, regulate, control, steer, preside over, have charge of, take the direction of, Mentor, monitor, adviser, counsellor, instructor / Clew, key, clavis / Guide-book, itinerary

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guide — [ gid ] n. m. et f. • 1370; a. provenç. ou it. guida I ♦ N. 1 ♦ Personne qui accompagne (qqn) pour montrer le chemin, renseigner. Servir de guide à qqn. ⇒ cicérone, fam. cornac. Guide de montagne : alpiniste professionnel(le) diplômé(e). Guide d… … Encyclopédie Universelle
guide — 1. (ghi d ) s. m. 1° Celui, celle qui conduit une personne et, l accompagnant, lui montre le chemin. Il a pris un guide fidèle et expérimenté. On a des guides pour les excursions dans les Alpes ou les Pyrénées. • Elle voulut être mon guide,… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
guide- — ⇒GUIDE , élém. de compos. Élém. de compos. déverbal du verbe guider, servant à la constr. de subst. gén. masc. désignant essentiellement des appareils, des ustensiles servant à guider : guide âme, subst. masc. [Par imitation parodique de guide… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Guide — Guide, n. [OE. giae, F. guide, It. guida. See {Guide}, v. t.] 1. A person who leads or directs another in his way or course, as in a strange land; one who exhibits points of interest to strangers; a conductor; also, that which guides; a guidebook … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
guide — Guide, n. [OE. giae, F. guide, It. guida. See {Guide}, v. t.] 1. A person who leads or directs another in his way or course, as in a strange land; one who exhibits points of interest to strangers; a conductor; also, that which guides; a guidebook … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
guide — vb Guide, lead, steer, pilot, engineer are comparable when meaning to direct a person or thing in his or its course or to show the way which he or it should follow. Guide usually implies assistance either by means of a person with intimate… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
guide — guide·book; guide; guide·less; guide·ship; mis·guide; guide·book·ish; guide·booky; guide·less·ness; … English syllables
Guide — [frz.: gid , engl.: gaɪd ], der; s, s [frz., engl. guide < mfrz. guide, zu: guider = führen < afrz. guier, aus dem Germ.]: 1. Reisebegleiter, der Touristen führt. 2. Reiseführer o. Ä. als Handbuch. * * * Guide [französisch gid, englisch… … Universal-Lexikon
Guide — Guide, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Guided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Guiding}.] [OE. guiden, gyden, F. guiaer, It. guidare; prob. of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. ritan to watch over, give heed to, Icel. viti signal, AS. witan to know. The word prob. meant, to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Guide — ist: der Singular von Guiden; der Kreis Guide (贵德县) im Autonomen Bezirk Hainan der Tibeter in der chinesischen Provinz Qinghai, siehe Guide (Hainan). die Bezeichnung für einen Helfer im Blindenfußball, der den Spielern vom Spielfeldrand Hinweise… … Deutsch Wikipedia
guide — [gīd] vt. guided, guiding [ME giden < OFr guider < guide < It guida < Goth * wida, leader, guide < * witan, to observe, akin to OE witan, to see: see WISE1] 1. to point out the way for; direct on a course; conduct; lead 2. to… … English World dictionary

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