guiding
/ˈɡaɪdɪŋ/
guiding is the present participle and gerund of guide.
Noun
guiding (countable and uncountable, plural guidings)
- Guidance.
- Butler was ready to consider any proposition which would save her; but it must be a sound one—one not open to her whimsical moods or the guidings or leadings of romance.1912, Theodore Dreiser, The Financier
- Girl Guiding.
- Daisy Gordon Low then established two Girl Guide troops in poor sections of central London. Her belief was growing that guiding could serve many beneficial ends.2002, Robert T. Grimm, Notable American Philanthropists, page 189
Meaning of guide
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...
- 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.
Forms of guiding
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Words formed from guiding
Phrases with guiding
Words that rhyme with guiding
- riding
- confiding
- abiding
- biding
- gliding
- hiding
- paragliding
- sliding
- striding
- backsliding
- bestriding
- betiding
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- blindsiding
- briding
- broadsiding
- chiding
- coinciding
- colliding
- coresiding
- deciding
- deriding
- disciding
- dividing
- eliding
- griding
- hagriding
- joyriding
- misguiding
- niding
- nondividing
- outriding
- overriding
- overstriding
- peroxiding
- presiding
- priding
- providing
- redeciding
- redividing
- residing
- siding
- subsiding
- suiciding
Questions about guiding
- What does guiding mean?
- Guiding means guidance.
- What is guiding the present participle and gerund of?
- Guiding is the present participle and gerund of guide.
- What part of speech is guiding?
- Guiding is a noun.
- How do you pronounce guiding?
- Guiding is pronounced /ˈɡaɪdɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of guiding?
- The plural of guiding is guidings.
Words near guiding in the dictionary
Source and license
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