guide

«guide» in Mova's school dictionary: A person who shows people the way or shows them around a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a guide, guides); verb (guide, guides, guided, guiding)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person who shows people the way or shows them around a place and tells them about it (a tour guide). tree →

2) To show someone the way or lead them. tree →

3) A book, map or set of information that helps you know about something or how to do something (a guide to birds). tree →

4) To help someone decide or behave; something that helps you judge (as a rough guide). tree →

5) Guides (Girl Guides): a club for girls like Scouts. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, guides help on trips, in museums and on mountains; a guide dog helps a blind person. In school, teachers guide pupils, and pupils use «guided reading». In maths and art, guide lines help you draw. Safety: on hikes, follow the guide and stay with the group. Phrases: tour guide, guide dog, guided reading, guide book, user guide, as a guide.

examples

• The guide showed us around the castle. tree →
• A guide dog helps its owner cross the road safely. tree →
• Mum guided me through the crowd by holding my hand. tree →
• I bought a guide to the birds of Australia. tree →
• Read the guide before you build the model. tree →
• My sister joined the Guides. tree →
• As a rough guide, a cup is about 250 millilitres. tree →
• Stay with the guide on the mountain path. tree →
• His uncle was a chamois hunter, and a well-known guide. tree →

note

Spelling: «gu-» with a silent «u»: guide, guidance, guided. Noun of the action: guidance (advice). Don't pat a guide dog when it is working — ask the owner first.

In the corpora

• Some restaurants use simple robots, guided by sensors, to carry food to tables.
• Mediterranean tortoises hibernate, and owners guided by a vet keep them steady at about 5 degrees so they neither wake early nor freeze.
• Dogs also work for us: they guide blind people, warn deaf people about sounds and can even smell some illnesses.
• Gaming guides, magazines and fact books are real reading too; interest is what keeps a reader going.
• A plan can change while you write; it is a guide, not a cage.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «guide» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.