Guide - English meaning

verb

Go somewhere with (someone) as a companion or escort.

Usage examples:

The two sisters were to accompany us to london

verb

To go with someone or to be provided or exist at the same time as something

Usage examples:

Accompanied by the course books are accompanied by four cds., depression is almost always accompani…

verb

To show someone how to get to somewhere

Usage examples:

Accompany someone to something would you like me to accompany you to your room?

noun

A person who gives advice in a particular field.

Usage examples:

He started as a legal adviser to the company

noun

Someone whose job is to give advice about something, for example, to a company or government

Usage examples:

Adviser to sb/sth he has remained active in politics and is now a top adviser to the government., e…

noun

Someone whose job is to give advice about a subject

Usage examples:

She is the party's main economic adviser., a financial adviser

verb

Help (someone), typically by doing a share of the work.

Usage examples:

A senior academic would assist him in his work

noun

An act of giving help, typically by providing money.

Usage examples:

The budget must have an assist from tax policies

verb

To help

Usage examples:

Assist someone with something you will be expected to assist the editor with the selection of illus…

verb

Be present at (an event, meeting, or function).

Usage examples:

The whole sales force attended the conference

verb

To be at an event or go to a place

Usage examples:

[ t ] she attends classes on tuesdays., [ i ] you don’t have to attend if you don’t want to.

verb

To go to a place or an event

Usage examples:

According to recent research, the busy british professional attends nearly 60 meetings a month., a …

noun

A person employed to provide a service to the public in a particular place.

Usage examples:

A cloakroom attendant

adjective

Occurring with or as a result of.

Usage examples:

The sea and its attendant attractions

noun

Someone whose job is to help others in a particular place or situation

Usage examples:

A gas station/parking lot attendant

noun

A person who accompanies and looks after another person or group of people.

Usage examples:

After the wedding ceremony, the bride is accompanied by her chaperone, even if staying overnight wi…

verb

Accompany and look after or supervise.

Usage examples:

She chaperoned the children at all times

noun

(especially in the past) an older person, especially a woman, who stays with and takes care of a younger woman who is not married when she is in public

Usage examples:

Humorous she asked me to go to the cinema with her and andrew, i think as a sort of chaperone., sev…

verb

Give an authoritative or peremptory order.

Usage examples:

A gruff voice commanded us to enter

noun

An authoritative order.

Usage examples:

He obeyed her commands without question

verb

An authoritative direction or instruction to do something

noun

The manner in which a person behaves, especially in a particular place or situation.

Usage examples:

They were arrested for disorderly conduct

verb

Organize and carry out.

Usage examples:

In the second trial he conducted his own defence

verb

Direct the performance of (a piece of music or an orchestra, choir, etc.).

Usage examples:

The concert is to be conducted by sir simon rattle

noun

A person who directs the performance of an orchestra or choir.

Usage examples:

He was appointed principal conductor of the berlin symphony orchestra

noun

Someone who directs the performance of musicians or a piece of music

Usage examples:

The conductor raised his baton., a guest conductor

noun

A railway official who travels on and is responsible for a train

noun

A person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to others.

Usage examples:

A close confidante of the princess

noun

A person with whom you can share your feelings and secrets

Usage examples:

Her brother is her closest confidant.

noun

A person you trust and share your feelings and secrets with

Usage examples:

A close confidant

noun

A person who provides expert advice professionally.

Usage examples:

She is currently a self-employed business consultant

noun

A person who is a specialist in a particular subject and whose job is to give advice and information to businesses, government organizations, etc.

Usage examples:

The former general now serves as a consultant to the pentagon.

noun

Someone who is paid to give expert advice or training on a particular subject

Usage examples:

A business/financial/it, etc. consultant in her role as a business consultant she travels all over …

noun

The power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events.

Usage examples:

The whole operation is under the control of a production manager

verb

Determine the behaviour or supervise the running of.

Usage examples:

He was appointed to control the company's marketing strategy

verb

Power to direct or determine

noun

A group of ships or vehicles travelling together, typically one accompanied by armed troops, warships, or other vehicles for protection.

Usage examples:

A convoy of lorries

verb

(of a warship or armed troops) accompany (a group of ships or vehicles) for protection.

Usage examples:

American destroyers helped to convoy much-needed supplies to britain in 1917–18

noun

A group of ships or vehicles that travel together, esp. for protection

Usage examples:

A convoy of supply ships

noun

A person trained to give guidance on personal or psychological problems.

Usage examples:

A marriage counsellor

noun

Someone who is trained to listen to people and give them advice about their problems

Usage examples:

The college now has a counsellor to help students with both personal and work problems., a marriage…

noun

A lawyer

Usage examples:

[ as form of address ] i don't think that question is relevant, counselor.

noun

A company or employee of a company that transports commercial packages and documents.

Usage examples:

The cheque was dispatched by courier

verb

Send (goods or documents) by courier.

Usage examples:

Your order can be couriered to you in three days

noun

A person who carries messages or documents for someone else

adjective

Extending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping.

Usage examples:

There was no direct flight that day

adverb

With no one or nothing in between.

Usage examples:

They seem reluctant to deal with me direct

verb

Control the operations of; manage or govern.

Usage examples:

An economic elite directed the nation's affairs

noun

A person, vehicle, or group accompanying another for protection or as a mark of rank.

Usage examples:

A police escort

verb

Accompany (someone or something) somewhere as an escort.

Usage examples:

He escorted her back to her hotel

verb

To go with someone or something as a companion or guard

Usage examples:

He escorted her to her car in the parking lot because it was after dark., anytime a clerk transfers…

verb

Conduct the policy, actions, and affairs of (a state, organization, or people) with authority.

Usage examples:

He was incapable of governing the country

verb

To control and be responsible for the public business of a country, state, city, or other organized group

Usage examples:

[ t ] the newly elected president will govern the country for four years., prices of manufactured g…

verb

To control and manage a country, city, group of people, etc.

Usage examples:

The party was accused of being unfit to govern., today, he governs a state where hispanics make up …

noun

A hindu spiritual teacher.

Usage examples:

Hindus who have a guru strive to receive spiritual initiation from him.

noun

An expert in a particular subject who gives advice

Usage examples:

I’ve become the computer guru in our department.

noun

A person skilled in something who gives advice about it

Usage examples:

An investment/management guru, a business/advertising/internet guru

verb

Feel or manipulate with the hands.

Usage examples:

Heavy paving slabs can be difficult to handle

noun

The part by which a thing is held, carried, or controlled.

Usage examples:

A holdall with two carrying handles

verb

Touch, lift, or hold

verb

Make it easier or possible for (someone) to do something by offering one's services or resources.

Usage examples:

They helped her with domestic chores

noun

The action of helping someone to do something.

Usage examples:

I asked for help from my neighbours

exclamation

Used as an appeal for urgent assistance.

Usage examples:

Help! i'm drowning!

verb

Cause (a person or animal) to go with one by holding them by the hand, a halter, a rope, etc. while moving forward.

Usage examples:

She emerged leading a bay horse

noun

The initiative in an action; an example for others to follow.

Usage examples:

Britain is now taking the lead in environmental policies

noun

A soft, heavy, ductile bluish-grey metal, the chemical element of atomic number 82. it has been used in roofing, plumbing, ammunition, storage batteries, radiation shields, etc., and its compounds have been used in crystal glass, as an anti-knock agent in petrol, and (formerly) in paints.

Usage examples:

There's evidence that heavy metals such as lead and cadmium can make osteoporosis worse.

idiom

To be the best

Usage examples:

The company leads the way in developing new software., we all walked down toward the beach with the…

verb

Be in charge of (a business, organization, or undertaking); run.

Usage examples:

Their elder son managed the farm

verb

Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

verb

To succeed in doing something, esp. something difficult

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] the pilot managed to land the plane safely., [ + to infinitive ] we managed to …

noun

Any of various sacred objects or aids to prayer; especially a prayer wheel containing ‘ om maṇi padme hūṃ ’ or other mantras, or a stone slab or wall of slabs inscribed with this or other mantras (frequently attributive in "mani wall").

noun

An occasion when someone has both a manicure (= a beauty treatment for the hands and fingernails) and a pedicure (= a beauty treatment for the feet and toenails)

Usage examples:

While i was at the spa i decided to treat myself and have a mani-pedi.

noun

An experienced and trusted adviser.

Usage examples:

He was her friend and mentor until his death

verb

Advise or train (someone, especially a younger colleague).

Usage examples:

Both trainees were expertly mentored by a site supervisor

verb

A wise and trusted guide and advisor

verb

Supervise (a person or their work), especially in an official capacity.

Usage examples:

The home secretary oversees the police service

verb

Watch and direct

noun

A person who operates the flying controls of an aircraft.

Usage examples:

A strike by local airline pilots

adjective

Done as an experiment or test before being introduced more widely.

Usage examples:

A pilot scheme for training workers

verb

Another term for cowcatcher.

verb

Control or maintain the rate or speed of (a machine or process) so that it operates properly.

Usage examples:

A hormone which regulates metabolism

verb

To control an activity or process by rules or a system

Usage examples:

A computer system regulates production., [ + question word ] their parents regulate how much tv the…

verb

To check that the activities of a business or organization are legal and follow official rules or laws

Usage examples:

Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce., the agency regulates the financial service…

noun

One of a set of explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct or procedure within a particular area of activity.

Usage examples:

The rules of cricket

verb

Short for australian rules.

noun

An accepted principle or instruction that states the way things are or should be done, and tells you what you are allowed or are not allowed to do

Usage examples:

The company's chief executive failed to enforce federal workplace rules., if you broke the rule, yo…

verb

Move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time.

Usage examples:

The dog ran across the road

noun

An act or spell of running.

Usage examples:

I usually go for a run in the morning

verb

Move fast by using one's feet

verb

Perceive with the eyes; discern visually.

Usage examples:

In the distance she could see the blue sea

noun

The place in which a cathedral church stands, identified as the seat of authority of a bishop or archbishop.

Usage examples:

He was elected to fill the vacant see

verb

Past of see1.

noun

A person who tends and rears sheep.

Usage examples:

In numerous prints donkeys and sheep enslave millers and shepherds; farmers pull ploughs or carry s…

verb

Tend (sheep) as a shepherd.

Usage examples:

Although the sheep are shepherded, they're generally only counted when we bring them in

verb

Allow or cause (something) to be visible.

Usage examples:

A white blouse will show the blood

noun

A spectacle or display, typically an impressive one.

Usage examples:

Spectacular shows of bluebells

verb

Make visible or noticeable

idiom

To do something original that others are likely to copy

Usage examples:

Sweden has shown the way forward on energy efficiency.

verb

Guide or control the movement of (a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft), for example by turning a wheel or operating a rudder.

Usage examples:

He steered the boat slowly towards the busy quay

noun

The type of steering of a vehicle.

Usage examples:

Some cars boast four-wheel steer

noun

Another term for bullock.

verb

Be responsible for the management or arrangement of (an activity or organization); oversee.

Usage examples:

He superintended a land reclamation scheme

verb

To be officially in charge of a process or activity

Usage examples:

The attorney general has been stripped of his role in superintending prosecutions.

verb

Observe and direct the execution of (a task or activity).

Usage examples:

The sergeant left to supervise the loading of the lorries

verb

Watch and direct

verb

Lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold.

Usage examples:

Mrs morgan took another biscuit

noun

A scene or sequence of sound or vision photographed or recorded continuously at one time.

Usage examples:

He completed a particularly difficult scene in two takes

verb

Get into one's hands

idiom

To accept responsibility for something and have control over it

Usage examples:

She took charge of the project and made sure it was finished on time.

noun

A person who teaches, especially in a school.

Usage examples:

A history teacher

noun

A person skilled in a particular kind of therapy.

Usage examples:

A certified massage therapist

noun

Someone whose job is to treat a particular type of mental or physical illness or disability, usually with a particular type of therapy

Usage examples:

A speech therapist, a music/an art therapist, i'm seeing my therapist on friday morning.

noun

A private teacher, typically one who teaches a single pupil or a very small group.

Usage examples:

A voluntary tutor in adult literacy

verb

Act as a tutor to (a single pupil or a very small group).

Usage examples:

His children were privately tutored

verb

A person who gives private instruction

noun

A person who shows people to their seats, especially in a cinema or theatre or at a wedding.

Usage examples:

An usher at the cinema said the attendance had been better when the film was first released some we…

verb

Show or guide (someone) somewhere.

Usage examples:

A waiter ushered me to a table

verb

Someone employed to conduct others