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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guide/#m1)

2) To show someone the way or lead them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guide/#m2)

3) A book, map or set of information that helps you know about something or how to do something (a guide to birds). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guide/#m3)

4) To help someone decide or behave; something that helps you judge (as a rough guide). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guide/#m4)

5) Guides (Girl Guides): a club for girls like Scouts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guide/#m5)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guide/#x1)
- A guide dog helps its owner cross the road safely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guide/#x2)
- Mum guided me through the crowd by holding my hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guide/#x3)
- I bought a guide to the birds of Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guide/#x4)
- Read the guide before you build the model. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guide/#x5)
- My sister joined the Guides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guide/#x6)
- As a rough guide, a cup is about 250 millilitres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guide/#x7)
- Stay with the guide on the mountain path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guide/#x8)
- His uncle was a chamois hunter, and a well-known guide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guide/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/18-cars-doctors-translators/15/)
- [Mediterranean tortoises hibernate, and owners guided by a vet keep them steady at about 5 degrees so they neither wake early nor freeze.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/55-sleep-and-hibernation/16/)
- [Dogs also work for us: they guide blind people, warn deaf people about sounds and can even smell some illnesses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today/8/)
- [Gaming guides, magazines and fact books are real reading too; interest is what keeps a reader going.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home/17/)
- [A plan can change while you write; it is a guide, not a cage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/39-planning-before-writing/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «guide» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guide/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.