guide /gīd/

1. To lead, conduct or direct
2. To regulate, steer, control
3. To influence

To act as a guide

1. A person who, or thing which, guides
2. A person who conducts travellers, tourists, mountaineers, etc
3. Someone who directs another in their course of life
4. A soldier or other employed to obtain information for an army
5. (with cap) a member of an organization for girls analogous to the Scout Association (also formerly Girl Guide)
6. A guidebook
7. Anything serving to direct, show the way, determine direction of motion or course of conduct

guidˈable adjective

guidˈage noun (obsolete)

Guidance

guidˈance noun

1. Direction
2. Leadership

guideˈless adjective

guidˈer noun

1. A person who guides
2. A device for guiding
3. (with cap) a captain or lieutenant in the Guides

guideˈship noun

guidˈing noun

1. The action of the verb
2. (usu with cap) the activities of a Guide

guideˈbook noun

A book of information for tourists

guide card noun

(in a card index file) a card, usu with a protruding tab on its upper edge, used as a divider, eg to indicate the beginning of an alphabetic or numeric division

guided atmospheric flight noun

Any unpiloted aeronautical flight, as of guided missiles, remotely piloted military aircraft, drones, and radio-controlled model aircraft

guided missile noun

A jet- or rocket-propelled projectile carrying a warhead and electronically directed to its target for the whole or part of the way by remote control

guide dog noun

A dog trained to lead a blind person

guideˈline noun

1. A line drawn, or a rope, etc fixed, to act as a guide
2. (often pl) an indication of the course that should be followed, or of what future policy will be (figurative)

guideˈpost noun

A post to guide the traveller

guide rail noun

1. An additional rail to keep rolling stock on the rails at a bend
2. A rail designed to guide the movement of any object

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