guide
Syllables: Gui·de/ɡaɪd/
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Northumbria/ɡɛɪd/
guide noun: someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.
Noun
guide (plural guides)
- Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.
- The guide led us around the museum and explained the exhibits.
- He will be our guide, even unto death.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms xlviii:14
- A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
- A sign that guides people; guidepost.
- Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
- Synonym of legend, a key to symbols, abbreviations, and terms on a map, chart, etc.
- Synonyms:
- legend
- A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel.
- A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery.
- A strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy being set.
- A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
- The familiars of the magicians, on the other hand, were not in all cases evil, and often may have approximated the "guides" with whom present-day spiritualists are well acquainted.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 75
- A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.
Verb
guide (third-person singular simple present guides, present participle guiding, simple past and past participle guided)
- To serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
- And that you'd guide me to your Soueraignes Court,c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry...
- Kolyat: I brought a prayer book, Commander. Would you care to join me?
Kolyat: Kalahira, this one's heart is pure, but beset by wickedness and contention.
Shepard: Guide this one to where the traveler never tires, the lover never leaves, the hungry never starve.
Shepard: Guide this one, Kalahira...2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel
- To steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
- To exert control or influence over someone or something.
- A good man sheweth fauour and lendeth: he will guide his affaires with discretion.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 112:5
- To supervise the education or training of someone.
- To act as a guide.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Guide
Guide
- A village in Blackburn with Darwen borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7025).
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Guide
Guide
- A county of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China.
- She said she had chosen to speak out because she wanted to explain to the public why she left Guide county in Qinghai, where she and her husband Xie Chengde ran a successful honey farm that once featured on state television.
- The authorities in Guide said they are now investigating the case following her accusations.2021 February 8, Mandy Zuo, “Award-winning Chinese reporter’s account of years of domestic violence causes uproar on social media”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
Proper noun (3) capitalized: Guide
Guide
guide meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
guide in Hindi
- someone who guides
- मार्गदर्शक mārgadarśak, रहनुमा rahnumā
- document, book
- गाइड gāiḍ
- to serve as a guide person
- मार्गदर्शक mārgadarśak
guide in Tamil
- வழிகாட்டி, ஆற்றுநர், கையேடு, வழிகாட்டு, ஆற்றுதல்
guide in Marathi
- मार्गदर्शक, मार्गदर्शिका
guide in Urdu
- someone who guides
- رَہْنُما rahnumā, رَہْبَر rahbar
- document, book
- رَہْنُما rahnumā, گائِیڈ gāīḍ
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- guide in Bengali
- মুর্শিদ murśid, নির্দেশিকা nirdeśika
- guide in Telugu
- మార్గదర్శి mārgadarśi
- guide in Malayalam
- വഴികാട്ടി vaḻikāṭṭi
- guide in Kannada
- ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶಿ, ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶಕ, ದಾರಿತೋರುಗ, ಸಲಹೆಗಾರ
- guide in Punjabi
- ਰਾਹਬਰ rāhbar, ਪੇਸ਼ਵਾ peśvā, ਆਗੂ āgū
- guide in Gujarati
- ભોમિયો bhomiyo
- guide in Odia
- ଚଳାଇବା caḷāibā, ପଥିକ pathika
- guide in Sanskrit
- नयति nayati
- guide in Nepali
- गाइड, मार्गदर्शक, गाईड
- guide in Tagalog
- patnubay, gabay
- guide in Arabic
- مُرْشِد muršid, مُرْشِد سِيَاحِيّ muršid siyāḥiyy, دَلِيل dalīl, دَلَّ dalla
- guide in Malay
- panduan
- guide in Indonesian
- pemandu, panduan, pedoman, kendali
- guide in Thai
- มัคคุเทศก์ mák-kú-têet, คู่มือการเดินทาง kûu-mʉʉ-gaan-dəən-taang
- guide in Vietnamese
- hướng dẫn viên, sách hướng dẫn
- guide in Myanmar
- လမ်းပြ lam:pra.
Examples of guide in a sentence
- The tour group asked their questions in Italian, and their tour guide translated.
- The guide was able to lead the tourists through the jungle safely.
- The view here hardly rates a mention in the travel guide.
Synonyms of guide
Forms of guide
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | guides |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | guides |
| present participle | guiding |
| past participle | guided |
| past | guided |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | guidest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | guidedst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | guideth |
Origin of guide
c. 1325–75. From Middle English guide, from the Old French guide, from Old Occitan guida, from guidar, from Frankish *wītan (“to show the way, lead”), from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to see, know; go, depart”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”). Cognate with Old English wītan (“to see, take heed to, watch after, guard, keep”). Related also to English wit.
From Middle English guiden, from Old French guider, from Old Occitan guidar, from Frankish *wītan (“to show the way, lead”), from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to see, know; go, depart”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 貴德 /贵德 (Guìdé).
Words formed from guide
- ABC guide
- Adirondack guide boat
- audio guide
- buying guide
- career guide
- court guide
- dog guide
- field guide
- Girl Guide
- guidance
- guide board
- guideboard
- guidebook
- guide book
- Guide Bridge
- guidecraft
- guide dog
- guideless
- guidelight
- guidelike
- guideline
- guide line
- guide on the side
- guidepost
- guide price
- guiderail
- guide rail
- guide rope
- guideship
- guide shoe
- guide star
- guidestone
- guideway
- guidewheel
- guidewire
- guideword
- guide word
- guidon
- hand guide
- handguide
- honey guide
- honeyguide
- hornguide
- horn guide
- identification guide
- I need a guide
- lightguide
- miniguide
- mountain guide
- outguide
- photoguide
- program guide
- shopping guide
- showguide
- strategy guide
- study guide
- style guide
- superguide
- teleguide
- tour guide
Phrases with guide
- TV guide
- guide dogs
- user guide
- guide books
- guide rails
- guide ropes
- guide shoes
- guide stars
- guide words
- usage guide
- guide boards
- travel guide
6 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with guide
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- tied
- fried
- glide
- hide
- inside
- bide
- decide
- offside
- -side
- collide
- confide
- flipside
- set aside
- stride
- subside
- aside
- beride
- beside
- bestride
- chide
- coincide
- cyanide
- dried
- elide
- eyed
- gride
- preside
- reside
- Ryde
- allied
- applied
- astride
- betide
- bride
- deride
- dyed
- guyed
- I'd
- imide
- incide
- pied
- right side
- said
- snide
- statewide
- tried
- vide
- allide
Questions about guide
- What does guide mean?
- Guide means someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.
- What is guide in Hindi?
- Guide in Hindi is मार्गदर्शक (mārgadarśak), रहनुमा (rahnumā), गाइड (gāiḍ). See Guide meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is guide?
- Guide can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce guide?
- Guide is pronounced /ɡaɪd/.
- What is the plural of guide?
- The plural of guide is guides.
Words near guide in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: guide (page history and authors); Guide (page history and authors); guide (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); guide (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); మార్గదర్శి (Telugu) (page history and authors); guide (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਆਗੂ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ભોમિયો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଚଳାଇବା (Odia) (page history and authors); guide (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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