guidable

Variant of guide

guide definition

guide (gīd)

transitive verb guided guid′ed, guiding guid′·ing

  1. to point out the way for; direct on a course; conduct; lead
  2. to direct the course or motion of (a vehicle, implement, etc.) by physical action
  3. to give instruction to; train
  4. to direct (the policies, actions, etc.) of; manage; regulate

Etymology: ME giden < OFr guider < guide < It guida < Goth *wida, leader, guide < *witan, to observe, akin to OE witan, to see: see wise

intransitive verb

to act as a guide

noun

a person or thing that guides; specif.,
  1. a person whose work is conducting strangers or tourists through a region, building, etc.
  2. a person who directs, or serves as the model for, another's conduct, career, etc.
  3. a part that controls the motion of other parts of a machine
  4. a guidebook
  5. a book giving instruction in the elements of some subject; handbook a guide to mathematics
  6. Mil. a soldier at the right front of a column, who regulates its pace and alignment and indicates its route

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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