guide

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who shows others around a place or leads them on a journey.

   The guide showed us all the best parts of the city.

2. 2
   verb

   To lead or show someone the way.

   She guided us through the dark forest with a torch.

3. 3
   noun

   A book or document that gives information or instructions.

   I bought a travel guide before the trip.

4. 4
   verb

   To influence or control how something develops.

   Strong values guided every decision she made.

Common collocations

• guide dog Adjective + noun

c. 1325–75. From Middle English guide, from the Old French guide, from Old Occitan guida, from guidar, from Frankish *wītan (“to show the way, lead”), from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to see, know; go, depart”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”). Cognate with Old English wītan (“to see, take heed to, watch after, guard, keep”). Related also to English wit.

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