guidebook
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈɡaɪdˌbʊk/
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guía de viaje
- I always carry a guidebook when I travel to learn about the history of the places I visit.
- travel guidebooks
- tourist guidebooks
- city guidebooks
It's not like you had some guidebook or reference point.
- It's not like you had some guidebook or reference point.
- It is a guidebook to your personality.
- Apparently Nordstrom has about the shortest employee guidebook.
- Characters spoke as if they were being poorly translated from a foreign language, and the descriptions read as if they came from guidebooks.
- It's really your one stop guidebook, your one stop survival guide to staying sane in an era of social media toxicity.
- May your wishes come true, I say, guidebook in hand.
- It's all about really like a coach's guidebook to abuse and, and what not to do.
- Your relationship guidebook basically becomes that you're not enough.
- And guys, we'll link to the what Ben just said down below that that free guidebook.
Examples
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According to the guidebook, this cave system has three ways in and out.
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Sean McLachlan specializes in history and travel and is the author of several guidebooks and history books.
Academic text (2008) -
It's not like you had some guidebook or reference point.
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The map in the guidebook is right on the money.
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My guidebook is very simple.
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Just like the pictures in the guidebook.
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- Well my guidebook says you got a lot of whiskeys here.
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The guidebook says the name Beaver Ridge comes from the Indians, but the local lumberjacks tell a different story.
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At the souvenir stand inside Tokyo Tower, he bought a guidebook, Where to Spot Foreigners in Tokyo.
Fiction book (1996) -
According to the guidebook, Tintoretto's portrait of a Venetian woman is a glorification of wealth and station rather than a character study.
Synonyms
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1.0
A book that gives simple instructions and basic information
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3.1
A short book with useful information and instructions about a subject or place
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1.9
A small book with information or instructions on a topic
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3.9
A book that helps you identify plants, animals, or rocks in nature
A book with information and advice for people visiting a place
A small book you carry to look things up quickly
An easy introduction to a subject for people with no previous knowledge
A book that gives information about roads and routes, often with maps
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Guidebook is simply guide + book, and guide comes from an old word meaning 'to lead'. So a guidebook is a 'book that leads' you around a place or through a subject.