guide

Everyday

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 →

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 Jewish tradition

In the Song at the Sea, God's guiding of the redeemed people to His holy place shows His care for them. In Job, God asks whether a person can guide the Bear (a constellation). In the Psalms and Proverbs, God guides a person with counsel, and a son is told to guide his own heart in the right way.

Interpretation. Jacob crossing his hands is read as knowing the younger Ephraim would become the greater tribe. The psalmist's words are read as trust that God leads the faithful through life. Proverbs is read as teaching self-control, so that a person steers himself toward right living.

Examples

• Thou in Thy love hast led the people that Thou hast redeemed; Thou hast guided them in Thy strength to Thy holy habitation. (Torah EXO.15.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born. (Torah GEN.48.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• Author of the "Guide for Rational Inquiries into the Biblical Scriptures," "Toms des Morgenlandes," Translator of "Nathan the Wise" from the German, etc., etc., etc. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• Or canst thou guide the Bear with her sons? (Writings JOB.38.32, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou wilt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me with glory. (Writings PSA.73.24, JPS 1917) tree →
• Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way. (Writings PRO.23.19, JPS 1917) 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.