guide
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Originated 1325–75 from the Middle English verb giden or noun gide, from the Old French verb guider or noun guide, from Old Provençal guida, from guidar, from Germanic, from Frankish [script?] (*witan, “to show the way”). Akin to Old English witan (“to know”); see Proto-Indo-European *weyd-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
guide (plural guides)
- Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation.
- The guide led us around the museum and explained the exhibits.
- Bible, Psalms xlviii. 14
- He will be our guide, even unto death.
- A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
- A sign that guides people; guidepost.
- Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
- A device that guides part of a machine, or guides motion or action.
- A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel.
- A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery.
- (printing, dated) A strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy being set.
- (occult) A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
- (military) A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from guide (noun)
Translations[edit]
someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place
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document, book
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sign
any marking or object that provides quick reference
device
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Verb[edit]
guide (third-person singular simple present guides, present participle guiding, simple past and past participle guided)
- to serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
- Shakespeare
- Guide me to your sovereign's court.
- Shakespeare
- to steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
- to exert control or influence over someone or something.
- Bible, Psalms cxii. 5
- He will guide his affairs with discretion.
- Bible, Psalms cxii. 5
- to supervise the education or training of someone.
- (intransitive) to act as a guide.
Translations[edit]
to serve as a guide person
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to supervise education
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References[edit]
guide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia- “guide” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
- “guide” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- "guide" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French, borrowed from Old Provençal guida, from the verb guidar, ultimately of Germanic origin, possibly through Medieval Latin; cf. Frankish *witan. Supplanted the older Old French guier, of the same origin. Compare Italian guida, Spanish guía. See guider for more information.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
guide m (plural guides)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- "guide" in the WordReference Dictionnaire Français-Anglais, WordReference.com LLC, 2006.
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
guide f
- plural form of guida
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
guide m (oblique plural guides, nominative singular guides, nominative plural guide)
- a guide (person who guides)
Old Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
guide f (iā-stem)
Descendants[edit]
- Irish: guí
Mutation[edit]
| Old Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| guide | guide pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
nguide |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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