Meaning of guide | Babel Free

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1. A village in Blackburn with Darwen borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7025).
2. A county of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China.
3. 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.
4. A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
5. guidebook
6. To serve as a guide.
7. A sign that guides people; guidepost.
8. directory
9. Something or someone that shows the way:conductor, director, escort, lead, leader, pilot, shepherd, usher.
10. Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
11. third-person singular present indicative
12. advice towards doing something. a project prepared under the guidance of the professor. leiding إرْشاد، تَوجيه насока orientação vedení die Leitung vejledning; rådgivning καθοδήγηση, επίβλεψηorientación, consejo juhendamine راهنمایی opastus conseilsהדרכה, הכוונה मार्ग प्रदर्शन, निर्देशन vodstvo irányítás bimbingan handleiðsla orientamento 指導 지도, 안내 vadovavimas vadība bimbingan adviesveiledningkierownictwo لارښوونه orientação conducere, coordonare руководство vedenie vodstvo uput ledning, vägl...
13. Synonym of legend, a key to symbols, abbreviations, and terms on a map, chart, etc.
14. second-person singular imperative
15. (usually in plural) an indication as to how something should be done. riglyn إرشادات указание diretriz směrnice die Richtlinie retningslinie κατευθυντήρια γραμμή directiz juhtnöör دستور العمل sääntö directive(s) קוים מנחים, עיקרון संकेत पंक्ति smjernica irányelvek pengarahan viðmiðunarregla direttiva, linea di condotta 指針 지침 gairės vadlīnija; vadošs norādījums garis panduan richtlijnretningslinjewskazówka دستور العمل diretriz di­rectivă(e) директива smernica navodilo uputstvo riktlinje แนวทาง...
    usually in plural
16. A device that guides part of a machine, or guides motion or action.
17. A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel.
18. an explosive rocket which can be guided to its target by radio waves. geleide projektiel صاروخ موجَّه ракета с радио насочване míssil teleguiado řízená střela das Fernlenkgeschoß fjernstyret raket τηλεκατευθυνόμενο βλήμμα misil teledirigido juhitav rakett موشک هدایت شونده ohjus missile téléguidé טִילִים מוּנחִים नियंत्रित, प्रक्षेपास्त्र navođeni projektil irányított lövedék peluru kendali stÿriflaug missile telecomandato/teleguidato 誘導ミサイル 유도 미사일 valdoma raketa vadāmais šāviņš misil berpandu...
19. A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery.
20. One who shows the way by leading, directing, or advising.
21. A strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy being set.
    dated
22. A person employed to conduct others, as through a museum, and give information about points of interest encountered.
23. A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
24. Something, such as a pamphlet, that offers basic information or instruction: a shopper's guide.
25. A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.
26. Something that serves to direct or indicate.
27. A soldier stationed at the right or left of a column of marchers to control alignment, show direction, or mark the point of pivot.

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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.”

“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.”

“She said she had chosen to speak out because she wanted to explain to the public why she left Guide county in Qinghai, where she and her husband Xie Chengde ran a successful honey farm that once featured on state television. The authorities in Guide said they are now investigating the case following her accusations.”

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