{
    "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."
}