Past tense of guide
regular verb
The past tense of guide is guided. The past participle is also guided.
Forms of guide
| Base form (V1) | guide /ɡaɪd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | guided /ˈɡaɪdɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | guided /ˈɡaɪdɪd/ |
| Present participle | guiding /ˈɡaɪdɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | guides /ɡaɪdz/ |
Guided in a sentence
- The pilot zeroed in on the bunker and launched a guided missile.From the entry zero in
- Her decision was guided by her strong personal ethics.From the entry ethics
- Instead, he wouldn’t stop nerving me to give him a guided tour of the berserker.2024, Michael Kobzan, “Return to The Berserker”, in John Dunley, →ISBN. From the entry nerve
- I’ve guided workshops and given dozens of public lectures, especially in Finland, my home country.2020 April 2, Panu Pihkala, “Climate grief: How we mourn a changing planet”, in BBC Future. From the entry climate grief
- For centuries, welldiggers had looked for groundwater and divined where to dig guided by instinct alone.2017, Orhan Pamuk, The Red-Haired Woman: A novel. From the entry welldigger
Meaning of 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 A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
- noun A sign that guides people; guidepost.
Questions about the past tense of guide
- What is the past tense of guide?
- The past tense of guide is guided.
- What is the past participle of guide?
- The past participle of guide is guided.
- Is guide a regular or irregular verb?
- Guide is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: guide (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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