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Definition: Meaning of, guide in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ɡʌɪd /

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guide guides
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  1. for deciding/judging something that provides information and helps you to form an opinion or make a decision
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  2. person someone whose job is to take tourists to a place and show them around
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  3. person someone who advises you and influences the way you live
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  4. instructions a book or piece of writing that provides information on a particular subject or explains how to do something
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  5. instructions a guidebook
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  6. girl British English the Guides the Guides Association, which teaches girls practical skills [↪  scout]
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  7. girl British English a member of the Guides Association
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
guide guided guided
Present Participle Third Person Singular
guiding guides
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  1. to take someone to a place [=  lead]
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  2. to help someone or something to move in a particular direction
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  3. to influence someone's behaviour or ideas
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  4. to show someone the right way to do something, especially something difficult or complicated
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guide used in phrases

  • Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy, The
    1. a humorous British radio programme written by Douglas Adams, which later became a book and a television programme. It is a SCIENCE FICTION story about an Englishman called Arthur Dent who gets on a SPACESHIP just before the Earth is destroyed, and the adventures he has in space with the other characters on this SPACESHIP.
  • Indian Guide
    1. a member of a club for young boys and their fathers run by the YMCA in the US. The YWCA runs a similar programme for young girls and their mothers called Indian Maidens .
  • Michelin Guide
    1. a type of GUIDEBOOK produced by the French company Michelin, which contains information for tourists visiting places in Europe and the US. The green guides contain maps and information about interesting places to visit, especially in Europe and the US, and the red guides contain lists of restaurants and hotels in Europe, which are given one, two, or three stars, according to a system for judging their quality. A restaurant with three Michelin stars is regarded as extremely good, and very few restaurants achieve this.
  • TV Guide
    1. a US weekly magazine which gives the times and details of television programmes, as well as articles about programmes, actors etc
  • field guide (noun)
    1. a guidebook describing natural objects of some type that might be encountered in the field
  • guide dog (noun)
    1. a dog trained to guide a blind person [=  seeing eye dog American English]
  • guide fossil (noun)
    1. a fossil known to have lived in a particular geologic age that can be used to date the rock layer in which it is found
  • guide on (verb)
    1. use as a guide
  • guide rope (noun)
    1. a rope used to guide the movement of the load of a crane
  • honey guide (noun)
    1. small bird of tropical Africa and Asia; feeds on beeswax and honey and larvae
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