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Added 9 October 2026

guide

/ɡaɪd/ noun

In Latin: dux Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about guide at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Someone employed to conduct others.
Someone who shows the way by leading or advising.
Something that offers basic information or instruction.

verb

Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling.
Take somebody somewhere.
We lead him to our chief
Be a guiding or motivating force or drive.
The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses

Origin

c. 1325–75. From Middle English guide, from the Old French guide, from Old Occitan guida, from guidar, from Frankish *wītan (“to show the way, lead”), from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to see, know; go, depart”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”). Cognate with Old English wītan (“to see, take heed to, watch after, guard, keep”). Related also to English wit.

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