gue st house (guest houses ) also guesthouse
1 N‑COUNT A guest house is a small hotel. [BRIT ]
2 N‑COUNT A guest house is a small house in the grounds of a large house, where visitors can stay. [AM ]
gue st of ho n|our (guests of honour ) in AM, use guest of honor N‑COUNT [usu sing] If you say that someone is the guest of honour at a dinner or other social occasion, you mean that they are the most important guest.
gue st room (guest rooms ) N‑COUNT A guest room is a bedroom in a house or hotel for visitors or guests to sleep in.
gue st work|er (guest workers ) N‑COUNT A guest worker is a person, especially one from a poor country, who lives and works in a different country for a period.
guff /gʌ f/ N‑UNCOUNT If you say that what someone has said or written is guff , you think that it is nonsense. [INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ]
guf|faw /gʌfɔː / (guffaws , guffawing , guffawed )
1 N‑COUNT A guffaw is a very loud laugh. □ He bursts into a loud guffaw.
2 VERB To guffaw means to laugh loudly. □ [V ] As they guffawed loudly, the ticket collector arrived. □ [V with quote] 'Ha, ha,' everyone guffawed. 'It's one of Viv's shock tactics.' [Also V + at ]
guid|ance /ga I d ə ns/ N‑UNCOUNT Guidance is help and advice. □ [+ of ] …an opportunity for young people to improve their performance under the guidance of professional coaches. □ The nation looks to them for guidance.
gui d|ance cou n|se|lor (guidance counselors ) in BRIT, use guidance counsellor N‑COUNT A guidance counselor is a person who works in a school giving students advice about careers and personal problems. [mainly AM ]
gui d|ance sys|tem (guidance systems ) N‑COUNT The guidance system of a missile or rocket is the device which controls its course. □ The guidance systems didn't work and the missile couldn't hit its target.
guide ◆◆◇ /ga I d/ (guides , guiding , guided )
1 N‑COUNT A guide is a book that gives you information or instructions to help you do or understand something. □ Our 10-page guide will help you to change your life for the better. □ [+ to ] …the Pocket Guide to Butterflies of Britain and Europe.
2 N‑COUNT A guide is a book that gives tourists information about a town, area, or country. □ [+ to ] Follow your guide to Angkor Wat.
3 N‑COUNT A guide is someone who shows tourists around places such as museums or cities. □ We've arranged a walking tour of the city with your guide.
4 VERB If you guide someone around a city, museum, or building, you show it to them and explain points of interest. □ [V n adv/prep] …a young Egyptologist who guided us through tombs and temples with enthusiasm. □ [V -ed] There will be guided walks around the site.
5 → see also guided tour
6 N‑COUNT A guide is someone who shows people the way to a place in a difficult or dangerous region. □ The mountain people say that, with guides, the journey can be done in fourteen days.
7 N‑COUNT [usu sing] A guide is something that can be used to help you plan your actions or to form an opinion about something. □ As a rough guide, a horse needs 2.5 per cent of his body weight in food every day. □ When selecting fresh fish, let your taste buds be your guide.
8 VERB If you guide someone somewhere, you go there with them in order to show them the way. □ [V n adv/prep] He took the bewildered Elliott by the arm and guided him out.
9 VERB If you guide a vehicle somewhere, you control it carefully to make sure that it goes in the right direction. □ [V n adv/prep] Captain Shelton guided his plane down the runway and took off.
10 VERB If something guides you somewhere, it gives you the information you need in order to go in the right direction. □ [V n] They sailed across the Baltic and North Seas with only a compass to guide them.
11 VERB If something or someone guides you, they influence your actions or decisions. □ [V n] He should have let his instinct guide him. □ [V -ing] My mother, whose guiding principle in life was doing right, had a far greater influence on me.
12 VERB If you guide someone through something that is difficult to understand or to achieve, you help them to understand it or to achieve success in it. □ [V n adv/prep] …a free helpline to guide businessmen through the maze of E.U. grants. COLLOCATIONS guide NOUN 1
adjective + guide : handy, helpful, interactive, step-by-step; authoritative, informative, reliable
Guide (Guides )
1 N‑PROPER [with sing or pl verb] In Britain, the Guides is an organization for girls which teaches them to become practical and independent. The Guides used to be called the Girl Guides. In the United States, there is a similar organization called the Girl Scouts .
2 N‑COUNT In Britain, a Guide is a girl who is a member of the Guides.
guide|book /ga I dbʊk/ (guidebooks ) also guide book
1 N‑COUNT A guidebook is a book that gives tourists information about a town, area, or country.
2 N‑COUNT A guidebook is a book that gives you information or instructions to help you do or understand something. □ …a guidebook to Italian art.
gui d|ed mi s|sile (guided missiles ) N‑COUNT A guided missile is a missile whose direction can be controlled while it is in the air.
gui de dog (guide dogs ) N‑COUNT A guide dog is a dog that has been trained to lead a blind person. [mainly BRIT ] in AM, usually use seeing-eye dog