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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

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Definition

  1. noun someone employed to conduct others
  2. noun someone who shows the way by leading or advising
  3. noun something that offers basic information or instruction

Etymology

From Middle English guiden, from Old French guider, from Old Occitan guidar, from Frankish *wītan (“to show the way, lead”), from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to see, know; go, depart”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”).

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