guide

English

/ɡaɪd/

noun
Definitions
  • Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation.
  • A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
  • A sign that guides people; guidepost.
  • Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
  • A device that guides part of a machine, or guides motion or action.
  • (occult) A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
  • (military) A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English guide derived from Old French guide derived from Old Occitan guida derived from Frankish *wītan (lead, show the way) derived from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (know, see, go, depart, go forth) derived from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (see, know, behold, perceive, find, view, look at), *weyd- (see, know, behold, perceive, find, view, look at).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*weyd-

Gloss

see, know, behold, perceive, find, view, look at

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

知

Emoji
🙈 🪚

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