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Plural of guide

regular plural

The plural of guide is guides.

Forms of guide

Singularguide /ɡaɪd/
Pluralguides /ɡaɪdz/
Countablecountable

Guides in a sentence

  • Every city of any historic importance breeds a class of mortals that are born guides; they have come to belong to the "staffage" of picturesque surroundings; and in this respect Prague is happily yet unspoilt.1923, Bernard Granville Baker, From a Terrace in Prague
  • 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
  • Tourist guides often carry umbrellas so that they stand out in a crowd.From the entry stand out
  • Some style guides write north temperate zone upstyle as North Temperate Zone.From the entry upstyle
  • I believe that the main long-term force that guides a society's evolution is not the economy or the leaders, but the culture.From the entry force

Meaning of guide

  1. 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.
  2. noun A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
  3. noun A sign that guides people; guidepost.

Full definition of guide

Questions about the plural of guide

What is the plural of guide?
The plural of guide is guides.
Is guide countable?
Guide is a countable noun.

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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