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to guide

to guide

255 2.7
To influence someone's choices or actions toward a goal
  • verb
  • /ɡaɪd/
translation icon : orientar
  • He uses his special gift to guide his clients through their worries about love, money and the future.
  • guide students
  • guide decisions
  • guiding principle

What's your inner motivation and and what has guided you on on your path?

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Examples

  • She will guide you through the entire process to ensure you succeed.

  • Knowing that's what he wants, I'm spending extra time with him to guide him in that direction.

  • How we talk about ourselves will also guide how we go through the world.

  • The individuals you see before you will help me guide my campaign.

  • I want to help you, help guide you through it to get to where you belong, right?

  • And so we cannot avoid discussing the values that will guide that choice.

  • Values and how they can both guide and restrict the way that we operate.

  • How will you use the formative assessment data to guide the rest of this lesson?

    Academic text (2011)
  • Within the academic realm, it will guide curriculum revisions and even retention patterns.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Using a simple outline to guide the reflective comments can broaden the observer's perspective.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

to drive
vsto guide
3.6

To cause someone to want to do something strongly

can be gentler, also including nonforceful directing and gentle influence
to encourage
vsto guide
2.3

Give someone support and confidence so they try or keep doing something

is often more directive, not only offering emotional support or confidence
to push
vsto guide
958 1.1

To urge someone to do something or try harder

covers urging but also includes quiet direction and noninsistent influence
to target
vsto guide
821 2.9

To direct an action or message at people

is broader, covering general influence rather than aiming at one person or group
to motivate
vsto guide
437 3.5

Make someone want to do something

also covers directing or steering action beyond just supplying incentives
to aim
vsto guide
304 1.5

To direct remarks or products at a particular group

includes that intention but also covers influencing behavior and motivation
to steer
vsto guide
224 1.6

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

is wider, also including general influence and motivation toward a goal
to propel
vsto guide
45 4.7

To make someone want to do something

is broader, also including gentle direction and ongoing guidance
4.7

Help a person or company reach success

is more general, applying to any goal or course, not only success

Antonyms

35 6.0

To try to stop someone from doing something by talking to them

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 Forceful

to command
307 2.7
to force
376 1.9
to steer
224 1.6
to guide
255 2.7
to encourage
2.3
to nudge
24 4.1
to suggest
1.6

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 or something is to direct them toward a goal or choice, in other words to 'show the way' in decisions and actions.