gui d|ed tou r (guided tours ) N‑COUNT If someone takes you on a guided tour of a place, they show you the place and tell you about it.
gui d|ed wri t|ing N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] In language teaching, when students do guided writing activities, they are given an outline in words or pictures to help them write. □ …some guided writing tasks.
guide|line /ga I dla I n/ (guidelines )
1 N‑COUNT [usu pl] If an organization issues guidelines on something, it issues official advice about how to do it. □ [+ on ] The government should issue clear guidelines on the content of religious education. □ [+ for ] The Internet Advertising Bureau has guidelines for advertising companies to follow.
2 N‑COUNT A guideline is something that can be used to help you plan your actions or to form an opinion about something. □ The effects of the sun can be significantly reduced if we follow certain guidelines.
guild /g I ld/ (guilds ) N‑COUNT [oft in names] A guild is an organization of people who do the same job. □ [+ of ] …the Writers' Guild of America.
guil|der /g I ldə r / (guilders ) N‑COUNT [num N ] A guilder was a unit of money that was used in the Netherlands. In 2002 it was replaced by the euro. ● N‑SING The guilder was also used to refer to the Dutch currency system. □ During the turmoil in the foreign-exchange markets the guilder remained strong.
guild|hall /g I ldhɔːl/ (guildhalls ) N‑COUNT In Britain, a guildhall is a building near the centre of a town where members of a guild used to meet in former times.
guile /ga I l/ N‑UNCOUNT Guile is the quality of being good at deceiving people in a clever way. □ I love children's innocence and lack of guile.
guile|less /ga I lləs/ ADJ If you describe someone as guileless , you mean that they behave openly and truthfully and do not try to deceive people. [WRITTEN , APPROVAL ] □ Daphne was so guileless that Claire had no option but to believe her.
guil|lo|tine /g I lətiːn/ (guillotines , guillotining , guillotined )
1 N‑COUNT [oft by N ] A guillotine is a device used to execute people, especially in France in the past. A sharp blade was raised up on a frame and dropped onto the person's neck. □ One after the other Danton, Robespierre and the rest went to the guillotine.
2 VERB [usu passive] If someone is guillotined , they are killed with a guillotine. □ [be V -ed] After Marie Antoinette was guillotined, her lips moved in an attempt to speak.
3 N‑COUNT A guillotine is a device used for cutting paper.
guilt /g I lt/
1 N‑UNCOUNT Guilt is an unhappy feeling that you have because you have done something wrong or think that you have done something wrong. □ Her emotions had ranged from anger to guilt in the space of a few seconds. □ Some cancer patients experience strong feelings of guilt.
2 N‑UNCOUNT Guilt is the fact that you have done something wrong or illegal. □ The trial is concerned only with the determination of guilt according to criminal law. □ You weren't convinced of Mr Matthews' guilt.
gui lt com|plex (guilt complexes ) N‑COUNT If you say that someone has a guilt complex about something, you mean that they feel very guilty about it, in a way that you consider is exaggerated, unreasonable, or unnecessary. [DISAPPROVAL ]
gui lt-ridden ADJ If a person is guilt-ridden , they feel very guilty about something. □ In the first week of January, thousands of guilt-ridden people signed up for fitness courses.
guilty ◆◇◇ /g I lti/ (guiltier , guiltiest )
1 ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] If you feel guilty , you feel unhappy because you think that you have done something wrong or have failed to do something which you should have done. □ I feel so guilty, leaving all this to you. □ When she saw me she looked guilty. [Also + about ] ● guilti|ly ADV [ADV with v] □ He glanced guiltily over his shoulder.
2 ADJ [ADJ n] Guilty is used of an action or fact that you feel guilty about. □ Many may be keeping it a guilty secret. □ I leave with a guilty sense of relief.
3 guilty conscience → see conscience
4 ADJ If someone is guilty of a crime or offence, they have committed that crime or offence. □ [+ of ] They were found guilty of murder. □ He pleaded guilty to causing actual bodily harm.
5 ADJ If someone is guilty of doing something wrong, they have done that thing. □ [+ of ] He claimed Mr Brooke had been guilty of a 'gross error of judgment'. □ [+ of ] They will consider whether or not he has been guilty of serious professional misconduct. SYNONYMS guilty ADJ
1
ashamed: I felt incredibly ashamed of myself for getting so angry.
sorry: She was very sorry about all the trouble she'd caused.
ruefuclass="underline" He shook his head and gave me a rueful smile.
contrite: She was instantly contrite. 'Oh, I am sorry! You must forgive me.'
remorsefuclass="underline" He was genuinely remorseful.
5
culpable: Their decision to do nothing makes them culpable.
responsible: He still felt responsible for her death.
to blame: If their forces were not involved, then who is to blame?
guinea /g I ni/ (guineas ) N‑COUNT A guinea is an old British unit of money that was worth £1.05. Guineas are still sometimes used, for example in auctions.