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guide
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[ verb ] (transportation) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
Used in print (The Oregonian, [Portland],...)Tim_Larson , a junior at Wilson High_School and president of Spice-Nice , is the young executive who guided his firm to the top-ranking position over the 4500 other Junior Achievement companies in the United_States and Canada . Participants in the 27 Portland companies worked one night a week through the school_year , guided and counseled by adult advisors drawn from local business and industry . (The Miami Herald...)This Sunday those attending the second session will hear a lecture by Kern on the world situation ; a review of the philosophy of Communist leaders by Ted_Slack , another real_estate_agent who became interested as a philosophy major at the University of Miami ; and talks on how their Christian faith can guide them in learning about and fighting Communism during high_school and college days , by Ted_Place , director of Greater_Miami_Youth for Christ , and Jon_Braun , director of Campus_Crusade_for_Christ . (Dog World, 46:4...)`` Your aids are your attitude , which comes through your voice , your hands and legs - voice to encourage , discourage or whatever the need may be ; hands to guide or restrain ; legs to produce motion and rate of speed . (Lilian Pompian, "Tooth-Straightening Today"...)Abnormal pressure , applied over a period_of_time , produces a change in the bony deposit , so a tooth functions normally in the new position into which it has been guided . |
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[ verb ] take somebody somewhere
Examples "We lead him to our chief" "can you take me to the main entrance?" "He conducted us to the palace" Used in print (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)National_leaders will have_to display the highest skills of statesmanship to guide their people through times of uncertainty and confusion which destroy men 's sense of identity . Our technical assistance to these countries should place special emphasis on inducing the central governments to assume the role of advisor and guide which at an earlier stage foreign experts assumed in dealing with the central governments . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)Slowly , like a man grown old , he took Eli 's hand and led him below to the tower study , guiding him to a chair beside the little hearth where a fire still burned . |
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[ verb ] be a guiding force, as with directions or advice
Synonyms Examples "The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses" Used in print (Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)There was the Polish Revolution which we misunderstood and then helped guide along a course favorable to Soviet interests . (Ralph B. Long. The Sentence and Its Parts: A...)In the written_language then can be underlined or italicized to guide the reader here , but much of the time the written_language simply depends_on the reader 's alertness , and a careless reader will have to back_up and reread . (Committee for Economic Development, Distressed...)There is a need for an expanded Federal effort to provide research and information to help guide state education departments and local school_boards in existing programs . |
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[ noun ] a model or standard for making comparisons
Used in print (M. Yokoyama et al., "Chemical and serological...)The unstained strips were then marked , using the stained ones as a guide , and cut transversely so as to separate the various protein bands . |
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[ noun ] (work) someone employed to conduct others
Synonyms Used in print (John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)At Fort_Garry some of the_Swiss also decided to cast their lot with the United_States , and in 1823 several families paid guides to take them to Fort_Snelling . |
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[ noun ] (writing) something that offers basic information or instruction
Synonyms Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)Teaching guides are included with each record . Related terms |
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[ noun ] someone who shows the way by leading or advising
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[ noun ] someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
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