guide
someone employed to conduct others
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,001 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,975 times across 155,168 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- someone employed to conduct others also: usher
- someone who shows the way by leading or advising
- something that offers basic information or instruction also: guidebook
- a model or standard for making comparisons also: template, templet
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory also: scout, pathfinder
- a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something
verb
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling also: steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point
- take somebody somewhere also: lead, take, direct, conduct We lead him to our chiefcan you take me to the main entrance?
guide in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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And now she desired him to guide her thither at once.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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The peasant offered to guide him to his own house, only a few yards off.
The Countess of Saint Geran Celebrated Crimes · Alexandre Dumas · Chapter 1
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Hope promis'd fair to cheer them to the end; With Love their guide, and Goody for their friend.
Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs · Robert Bloomfield · Chapter 1
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The streams increase; love's waves my bark do fill; Thus are they wracked that guide their course by will.
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia · Martha Foote [Editor] Crow · Chapter 1
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Only by constant application to maps and guide books had she managed to arrange the short cut to the far kingdom.
The Adventures of Kathlyn · Harold MacGrath · Chapter 2