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to guide

313 1.0
To show someone the way by going with them
  • verb
  • /ɡaɪd/
translation icon : guiar
  • The tour leader will guide the group through the historic neighborhood.
  • guided tour
  • guide students
  • guide pupils

Pray, pray and ask God to guide you through that process.

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Examples

  • Pray, pray and ask God to guide you through that process.

  • Use this to guide me there.

  • Can someone please guide me with this?

  • And let God guide you all the way through.

  • You write those questions and that will guide what I talk about.

  • And all of that is used to guide our decision making.

  • I can guide you safely to the party.

  • We're here to guide you on the path to stardom.

  • Working with one class at a time, the teacher guides each group as it writes lyrics.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Here we shall be, to guide the footsteps of a weary people.

Synonyms

to take
vsto guide
1.0

Move someone or something to another place

focuses on showing the way while accompanying rather than merely moving an object
to lead
vsto guide
1.0

To go with someone and show them the way to a place

is about showing the route while accompanying someone rather than only pointing
to escort
vsto guide
287 4.0

To go with someone to protect or help them

is mainly about showing the route and accompanying rather than protection or courtesy
to direct
vsto guide
240 1.6

To tell someone what to do or show them the way

is mainly about accompanying someone and showing the route rather than issuing orders
to steer
vsto guide
224 1.6

To guide the direction of something, like a car or a conversation

is done by accompanying and showing the route rather than by controlling objects
to navigate
vsto guide
148 3.6

Find a safe way through a place or difficult situation

is simpler and focuses on accompanying and showing the route rather than planning
to maneuver
vsto guide
  • US
65 5.8

To move a vehicle, thing, or group skillfully to a new position

focuses on accompanying and showing the route instead of tactical movement to win
to point the way
vsto guide
11 3.0

To show the right path or direction to follow

involves accompanying or directly directing someone rather than only indicating
to conduct
vsto guide
  • Formal
5 4.3

To lead someone carefully to a place, for example to their seat

is more general and focuses on accompanying rather than formal procedure
to manoeuver
vsto guide
5.8

To move something or someone carefully to get a better position

is about showing the route and accompanying, not strategic advantage or tactics

Antonyms

87 3.9

Make someone believe something that is not true

Compounds

45 2.2

A person who shows tourists around places and explains what they see

9 1.9

A dog trained to lead and help a person who cannot see

4 3.9

A book that helps you identify plants, animals, or rocks in nature

A person who leads and helps people on trips to find wild animals

tour guide
  • Texting
1 3.3

A built-in set of steps that shows new users how to use an app or website

guide rope
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A rope that workers hold to control a load when a crane lifts it

2.4

An easy introduction to a subject for people with no previous knowledge

8.2

A fossil that lived in many places for a short time and shows the age of rock layers

guide plate
  • Jargon
7.3

A metal plate with a long slot that helps control a climbing rope by holding a carabiner

guide word
  • Specialized
3.0

A word at the top of a dictionary page showing the first or last entry on that page

honey guide
  • Indian
9.6

A small African and Asian bird that eats honey and wax from bees and leads people to bee nests

How Direct

to pilot
30 3.4
to lead
1.0
to escort
287 4.0
to guide
313 1.0
to show
1.0
to accompany
219 3.5

Surface Forms

guide infinitive
guided past
guided past participle
guiding present participle
guides third person singular

Etymology

Guide comes from Old French guider, which came from an old German word meaning 'to show the way'. So to guide someone is to lead them or show them the way, which is the verb form of the same idea.