The meaning of the word guide

Noun

We hired a guide for our trip to the mountains.

He was my friend and my guide in the early years of my career.

They used the stars as a guide to find their way back.

If past experience is any guide, we’re in for a long and difficult project.

Verb

He guided us around the city.

He claims that there were unknown forces guiding the outcome of the election.

He carefully guided the ship into the harbor.

She guided her team to victory.

Let your conscience guide you.

Her example helped to guide me toward a career in medicine.

In his work, he has always been guided by a desire to help other people.

programs to help guide teenagers away from drug use

She had a guiding influence on my decision.

His guiding principle when he built his house was that bigger was better.

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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb guide in English.

Present

I guide

you guide

he/she/it guides

we guide

you guide

they guide

Present continuous

I am guiding

you are guiding

he/she/it is guiding

we are guiding

you are guiding

they are guiding

Present perfect

I have guided

you have guided

he/she/it has guided

we have guided

you have guided

they have guided

Present perfect continuous

I have been guiding

you have been guiding

he/she/it has been guiding

we have been guiding

you have been guiding

they have been guiding

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

Past

I guided

you guided

he/she/it guided

we guided

you guided

they guided

Past continuous

I was guiding

you were guiding

he/she/it was guiding

we were guiding

you were guiding

they were guiding

Past perfect

I had guided

you had guided

he/she/it had guided

we had guided

you had guided

they had guided

Past perfect continuous

I had been guiding

you had been guiding

he/she/it had been guiding

we had been guiding

you had been guiding

they had been guiding

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

Future

I will guide

you will guide

he/she/it will guide

we will guide

you will guide

they will guide

Future continuous

I will be guiding

you will be guiding

he/she/it will be guiding

we will be guiding

you will be guiding

they will be guiding

Future perfect

I will have guided

you will have guided

he/she/it will have guided

we will have guided

you will have guided

they will have guided

Future perfect continuous

I will have been guiding

you will have been guiding

he/she/it will have been guiding

we will have been guiding

you will have been guiding

they will have been guiding

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

Conditional

I would guide

you would guide

he/she/it would guide

we would guide

you would guide

they would guide

Conditional continuous

I would be guiding

you would be guiding

he/she/it would be guiding

we would be guiding

you would be guiding

they would be guiding

Conditional perfect

I would have guide

you would have guide

he/she/it would have guide

we would have guide

you would have guide

they would have guide

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been guiding

you would have been guiding

he/she/it would have been guiding

we would have been guiding

you would have been guiding

they would have been guiding

Conditional or «future-in-the-past» tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

Imperative

you guide
we let´s guide
you guide

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

Present Participle

guiding

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

The translations of guide from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «guide» in English.

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Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life.

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.

I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry themselves about style, and so cease to be themselves. Without a master, without a model, without a guide, I go to work and earn my living, my well-being and my fame.

It’s great to go on your own and discover new things just for yourself, to meet new people and all that. If you’re all on your own, then there is nobody there to guide you and you have to make all the decisions for yourself. It’s quite liberating in a way.

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.

The Sun, Moon and Stars are there to guide us.

The Bible, as a revelation from God, was not designed to give us all the information we might desire, nor to solve all the questions about which the human soul is perplexed, but to impart enough to be a safe guide to the haven of eternal rest.

Queen Victoria was a woman of peerless common sense; her common sense, which is a rare gift at any time, amounted to genius. She had been brought up by her mother with the utmost simplicity, and she retained it to the end, and conducted her public and private life alike by that infallible guide.

He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it is no matter whether it be right or wrong, so as it be explicit. If it is right, it will serve as a guide to direct; if wrong, as a beacon to warn.

As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way.

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- путеводитель; руководство, учебник; инструкция

a Guide to the British Museum — путеводитель по Британскому музею 
a Guide to English Grammar — учебник английской грамматики 
guide to poultry keeping — руководство по птицеводству 
radiation protection guide — руководство по радиационной защите 
railway guide — железнодорожный путеводитель 
guide to photography — справочник по фотографии, справочник фотографа 

- проводник; гид; экскурсовод

to serve smb. as a guide — быть чьим-л. гидом /проводником/ 
to take [to hire /to engage/] a guide — брать [нанимать] проводника 
museum guide — музейный гид, экскурсовод 
trustworthy [experienced] guide — надёжный [опытный] проводник 

- ориентир, указатель

it was a guide to the state of his feelings — поэтому (признаку) можно было судить о его чувствах /о его состоянии/ 
as a rough guide — грубо ориентировочно 

- руководитель; советчик

to trust [to confide in, to obey] one’s guide — верить [доверять, повиноваться] руководителю 

- руководящий принцип

to take reason as one’s guide — руководствоваться соображениями рассудка 
if this is any guide — если этим можно руководствоваться 
instinct is not always a safe guide — не всегда можно руководствоваться инстинктом 
whim and prejudice are poor guides — прихоти и предрассудки 

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- быть проводником, гидом; вести

to guide a tourist [a traveller] — быть проводником туриста [путешественника] 
to guide the way for smb. — вести кого-л. 
to guide smb. up a mountain — водить кого-л. в горы 
to guide smb. to the station — показать кому-л. дорогу на станцию 
the blind man was guided by his dog — собака служила слепому поводырём 
can you guide me through the museum? — вы можете показать мне музей? 

- направлять; руководить; вести

to guide the steps of smb. — направлять чьи-л. шаги 
to guide smb. in his studies — руководить чьими-л. занятиями 
she personally guided me to discover their way of life — я знакомился с их образом жизни под её руководством 

- определять, формировать

circumstances guide his judgement — его суждения формируются под влиянием обстоятельств 

- быть руководителем, управлять; руководить делами

to guide the state, to guide the affairs of the state — руководить государством 

- стимулировать, направлять, вдохновлять

to be guided by one’s sense of duty [of justice] — руководствоваться чувством долга [справедливости] 
to be guided by one’s passions — быть /действовать/ под влиянием собственных страстей 
I’ll be guided by your advice — я буду руководствоваться вашими советами, ваши советы будут служить мне ориентиром /путеводной нитью/ 

- служить ориентиром, указателем

the lights in the harbour guided the ship to port — огни гавани помогли кораблю войти в порт 

- тех. управлять, направлять

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The stars will guide us back. 

На обратном пути нашим проводником будут звезды.

This handbook is a good guide to London. 

Это хороший путеводитель по Лондону.

The feelings are dangerous guides. 

Чувства — опасные советчики.

Let your conscience guide you. 

Следуйте за своей совестью.

She guided us through the busy streets to the cathedral. 

Она провела нас к собору по шумным улицам.

We hovered around our guide. 

Мы толпились вокруг нашего экскурсовода.

Have you seen the manner how they guided me? 

Ты видел, как они со мной обращались?

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They had the lights to guide on  

He carefully guided the ship into the harbor.  

We hired a guide for our trip to the mountains.  

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1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i}   One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). «Guide». Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 687.
2. ^ Tampere College. «International Wilderness Guide program». Archived from the original on 2011-12-27. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
3. ^ «Is there a Misperception that Guides and Instructors are Qualified? | the Holiday Spot Blog». Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
4. ^ Fgasa. «Home — FGASA». www.fgasa.co.za. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
5. ^ «USAGA – Uganda Safari Guides Association». www.ugasaf.org. Retrieved 18 April 2018.