Read vs Guide - What's the Difference?
Definition as Noun
- someone who shows the way by leading or advising
- a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something
- something that offers basic information or instruction
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
- a model or standard for making comparisons
- someone employed to conduct others
Definition as Verb
- use as a guide
- take somebody somewhere
- pass over, across, or through
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- be a guiding or motivating force or drive
Definition as Verb
- interpret something that is written or printed
- look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
- interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
- audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
- to hear and understand
- be a student of a certain subject
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- have or contain a certain wording or form
- obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- make sense of a language
Examples
- "They had the lights to guide on"
- "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
- "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"
- "The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses"
- "the article was a very good read"
- "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
- "The King will read the proclamation at noon"
- "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"
- "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"
- "I read you loud and clear!"
- "She is reading for the bar exam"
- "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
- "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"
- "This dictionary can be read by the computer"
- "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"
- "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"