guide
pronunciation
How to pronounce guide in British English:
UK [ɡaɪd]
How to pronounce guide in American English:
US [ɡaɪd]
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- Noun:
- someone employed to conduct others
- someone who shows the way by leading or advising
- something that offers basic information or instruction
- a model or standard for making comparisons
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
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- Verb:
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- take somebody somewhere
- be a guiding force, as with directions or advice
- use as a guide
- guide or pass over something
Word Origin
- guide
- guide: [14] The ancestor of guide was Germanic *wit- ‘know’, source of English wise, wit, and witness. From it was derived a verb *wītan, and the Franks, a West Germanic people who conquered Gaul in the 3rd and 4th centuries AD, brought it with them. It eventually became Old French guider, and was borrowed by English. The semantic progression from ‘knowing’ to ‘showing’ is also displayed in the related German weisen ‘show, direct, indicate’.=> wise, wit, witness
- guide (v.)
- late 14c., "to lead, direct, conduct," from Old French guider "to guide, lead, conduct" (14c.), earlier guier, from Frankish *witan "show the way" or a similar Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *witanan "to look after, guard, ascribe to, reproach" (cognates: German weisen "to show, point out," Old English witan "to reproach," wite "fine, penalty"), from PIE *weid- "to see" (see vision). The form of the French word influenced by Old Provençal guidar (n.) "guide, leader," or Italian guidare, both from the same source. Related: Guided; guiding. Guided missile, one capable of altering course in flight, is from 1945.
- guide (n.)
- mid-14c., "one who shows the way," from Old French guide, 14c., verbal noun from guider (see guide (v.)). In book titles from 1610s; meaning "book of information on local sites" is from 1759. In 18c. France, a "for Dummies" or "Idiot's Guide to" book would have been a guid' âne, literally "guide-ass." Guide-dog for the blind is from 1932.
Example
- 1. Are you letting your soul guide you ?
- 2. But international standards can guide domestic regulators .
- 3. Let your conscience be your guide .
- 4. Fear is a poor guide to the future .
- 5. Check out this rio carnival guide to get started .