guide

guide
1 /gaId/ noun (C)
1 PERSON
a) someone who shows you the way to a place, especially someone whose job is to show a place to tourists: a tour guide
b) someone who advises you and influences the way you live and behave: The medicine man was the tribe's spiritual guide.
2 FOR JUDGING STH something that provides information on which you can base your judgement, or your method of doing something
(+ to): The opinion polls are not a very reliable guide to how people will vote.
3 BOOK
a) a book that provides information on a particular subject or explains how to do something; handbook
 (+ to): a guide to North American birds
b) a guidebook
4 GIRL BrE
a) the Guides the Guides Association, which trains girls in practical skills and tries to develop their character
b) a member of the Guides Association
 2 verb (T)
1 to take someone through or to a place that you know very well, showing them the way
(+ along/through/to etc): He guided us through the narrow streets to the central mosque.
2 to help someone to move in a particular direction: She took her friend's arm to guide her.
3 to strongly influence someone's behaviour, thoughts etc: He let himself be guided by his mother's opinion.
4 to show someone the right way to do something, especially something difficult or complicated: guide sb through: We need a lawyer to guide us through the procedure.
—see also: guiding, —see lead 1

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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