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{
"term": "guide",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a person who shows other people the way to a place, especially somebody employed to show tourists around interesting places",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Our **tour guide** showed us around the old town."
},
{
"text": "We hired a local guide to get us across the mountains."
}
],
"topics": ["Holidays"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["tour", "tourist", "experienced"],
"verb + guide": ["act as", "be"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a person who advises you on how to live and behave",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "A guru is the spiritual guide of his students."
},
{
"text": "His elder sister had been his guide, counsellor and friend."
}
],
"topics": ["Suggestions and advice"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["tour", "tourist", "experienced"],
"verb + guide": ["act as", "be"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a book, magazine, app, etc. that gives you information, help or instructions about something",
"sensetop": "guide to somethingguide to doing somethingguide for somebody/something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Let's have a look at the TV guide and see what's on."
},
{
"text": "a Guide to Family Health",
"contextForm": "guide to something"
},
{
"text": "a step-by-step guide to creating your own website",
"contextForm": "guide to doing something"
},
{
"text": "study guides for mathematics and physics",
"contextForm": "guide for somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "an essential guide for every new parent"
},
{
"text": "The book contains a quick reference guide to essential grammar at the back."
},
{
"text": "This book is the definitive guide to world cuisine."
},
{
"text": "a field guide to British birds"
},
{
"text": "a survival guide for business managers"
},
{
"text": "You can download a brief guide to getting started here."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["excellent", "good", "essential"],
"preposition": ["guide to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a book that gives information about a place for travellers or tourists",
"sensetop": "guide to something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He has written a number of **travel guides**."
},
{
"text": "I consulted my guide as I walked around the cathedral."
},
{
"text": "a guide to Italy",
"contextForm": "guide to something"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["holiday", "travel", "hotel"],
"verb + guide": ["consult", "write", "publish"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "something that gives you enough information to be able to make a decision about something or form an opinion",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**As a rough guide**, allow half a cup of rice per person."
},
{
"text": "I let my feelings be my guide."
},
{
"text": "Remember, this chart is only a guide."
},
{
"text": "As a general guide, large dogs need more exercise than small ones."
},
{
"text": "Use the table below as a guide to how much detergent to use."
},
{
"text": "As a guide, the largest pie will feed twelve."
},
{
"text": "It should only be used as an approximate guide."
},
{
"text": "These figures should be taken as a rough guide."
},
{
"text": "These figures give a rough guide as to the sales we can expect."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["approximate", "general", "rough"],
"verb + guide": [
"give (somebody)",
"provide (somebody with)",
"use something as"
],
"phrases": ["be just a guide", "be only a guide"],
"preposition": ["guide as to", "guide to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "a member of an organization (called the Guides or the Girl Scouts) that is similar to the Scouts and that trains girls in practical skills and does a lot of activities with them, for example camping",
"labels": "old-fashioned(both British English)US English",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡaɪd/",
"audio": "gu/guide/guide__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡaɪd/",
"audio": "gu/guide/guide__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French guide (noun), guider (verb), of Germanic origin."
}