guide
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
human-sciences
media
military
mysticism
occult
philosophy
politics
printing
publishing
sciences
war
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der.
Proto-Germanic *wītaną
Frankish *wītanbor.
Old Occitan guidar
Old Occitan guidabor.
Old French guidebor.
Middle English guide
English guide
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.
Inflected forms:
form: guides
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: guides
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: guiding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: guided
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: guided
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: guide
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: guide
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: guided
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: guide
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: guidest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: guided
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: guidedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: guides
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: guideth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: guided
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: guide
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: guided
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: guide
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: guided
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: guide
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: guiding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: guided
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.
pos: noun
examples: The guide led us around the museum and explained the exhibits.
He will be our guide, even unto death.
Some tourists aggravate their position by hiring a guide. Every city of any historic importance breeds a class of mortals that are born guides; they have come to belong to the "staffage" of picturesque surroundings; and in this respect Prague is happily yet unspoilt.
gloss: A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
pos: noun
gloss: A sign that guides people; guidepost.
pos: noun
gloss: Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
pos: noun
gloss: Synonym of legend, a key to symbols, abbreviations, and terms on a map, chart, etc.
pos: noun
gloss: A device that guides part of a machine, or guides motion or action.
pos: noun
gloss: A device that guides part of a machine, or guides motion or action.
pos: noun
gloss: A device that guides part of a machine, or guides motion or action.
pos: noun
tags: dated
gloss: A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
pos: noun
examples: The familiars of the magicians, on the other hand, were not in all cases evil, and often may have approximated the "guides" with whom present-day spiritualists are well acquainted.
gloss: A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.
pos: noun
gloss: To serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
pos: verb
examples: And that you'd guide me to your Soueraignes Court,
Kolyat: I brought a prayer book, Commander. Would you care to join me?
Kolyat: Kalahira, this one's heart is pure, but beset by wickedness and contention.
Shepard: Guide this one to where the traveler never tires, the lover never leaves, the hungry never starve.
Shepard: Guide this one, Kalahira, and she will be a companion to you as she was to me.
gloss: To steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
pos: verb
gloss: To exert control or influence over someone or something.
pos: verb
examples: A good man sheweth fauour and lendeth: he will guide his affaires with discretion.
gloss: To supervise the education or training of someone.
pos: verb
gloss: To act as a guide.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Synonyms: interpreter
Derived words: ABC guide
Adirondack guide boat
audio guide
buying guide
career guide
court guide
dog guide
field guide
Girl Guide
guidance
guide board
guideboard
guidebook
guide book
Guide Bridge
guidecraft
guide dog
guideless
guidelight
guidelike
guideline
guide line
guide on the side
guidepost
guide price
guiderail
guide rail
guide rope
guideship
guide shoe
guide star
guidestone
guideway
guidewheel
guidewire
guideword
guide word
guidon
hand guide
handguide
honey guide
honeyguide
hornguide
horn guide
identification guide
I need a guide
lightguide
miniguide
mountain guide
outguide
photoguide
program guide
shopping guide
showguide
strategy guide
study guide
style guide
superguide
teleguide
tour guide
tourist guide
touristic guide
travel guide
TV guide
usage guide
user guide
user's guide
waveguide
webguide
whale's guide
autoguide
beguide
foreguide
guidable
guidably
guidage
guidee
guider
guiding
guiding light
guiding star
misguide
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: вода́ч
roman: vodáč
lang: Finnish
word: johdatin
lang: Finnish
word: johde
lang: Macedonian
word: во́дилка
roman: vódilka
lang: Māori
word: paparangi
lang: Māori
word: matua
lang: Russian
word: направля́ющая
roman: napravljájuščaja
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: iùl
lang: Tatar
word: тигезләгеч
roman: tigezlägeç