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tonight's special guest. | She made a guest appearance on his TV show. 5 be my guest! infml I would not mind if you did so; please feel free to do so: 'Can I borrow your pen?' 'Be my guest!' -> compare HOST'; see CUSTOMER (USAGE), VISITOR (USAGE)
guest$^2$ v [I(on)] especially AmE to take part as a guest performer: She's guesting on the Bob Hope Show.
guest·house /'gesthaus/ n pl. -houses /,hauziz/ a private house where visitors can stay and have meals for payment; a small hotel
CULTURAL NOTE Guesthouses are often used by people who are on holiday or working away from home and are usually cheaper than hotels.
guest·room /'gest-rum, -ru:m/ n a bedroom in a private house which is kept for visitors to sleep in
guest ,worker n a foreign worker working in another country for a limited time. Guest workers usually come from poorer countries, are employed in unskilled jobs, and are not always treated fairly or well.
Guevara, Ché -> see CHÉ GUEVARA
guff /g$\Lambda$f/ n [U] infml nonsense: That's all a load of guff!
guf·faw /g$\Lambda$'fo:/ v [I] to laugh loudly, and perhaps rudely --guffaw n: He gave a loud guffaw. $\rightarrow$ see LAUGH (USAGE)
the Guggenheim Museum
[Image Description: A black and white photograph of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, showing its distinctive cylindrical, spiral architecture.]
Gug·gen·heim Mu·se·um, the /'gug$\Lambda$nhaim mzu:,zi:$\Lambda$m||-mju-/ also the Guggenheim a museum in New York City that contains an important collection of modern art. It is named after the businessman who established it in 1939, Solomon R. Guggenheim, and is famous for its large circular building designed by Frank Lloyd WRIGHT. In 1997 a new Guggenheim Museum was opened in Bilbao, Spain.
GUI /'gu:i/ n abbrev. for Graphical User Interface; a computer INTERFACE (=the way information is shown and organized on the screen) in a form that is easy to understand and use, such as in WINDOWS or on a MACINTOSH computer
guid·ance /'gaid$\Lambda$ns/ n [U] 1 help and advice, especially on problems connected with one's work, education, or personal life: The agency offers practical guidance to people starting their own businesses. | a marriage guidance counsellor 2 the process of directing the course of a MISSILE in flight: a sophisticated electronic guidance system
guidance ,counselor n AmE someone employed by a HIGH SCHOOL to give advice to students about what subjects to study and to help students with personal or emotional problems
guide$^1$ /gaid/ n 1 something or someone that shows the way, especially a person whose job is to show a place to tourists: You need a guide to show you the city. 2 [(to)] something that provides a model on which behaviour, opinions etc can be based: These opinion polls are not a very reliable guide to the way people are likely to vote. 3 [(to)] also guide book /'- -/ a book which gives a description of a place, for the use of visitors 4 [(to)] a book which teaches the way to do something or provides information about something: a parents' guide to children's diseases 5 also girl scout AmE -- (often cap.) a member of an association (the Guide Association) for training girls in character and self-help $\rightarrow$ compare SCOUT$^1$
CULTURAL NOTE Originally established by Agnes, sister of Lord BADEN-POWELL, and including a junior section (the Brownie Guides), the Guides is an international movement recognizable by its uniform and known for its aim of developing good citizenship among its members.
guide$^2$ v [T] 1 [+obj+adv/prep] to show (someone) the way by leading: He guided us through the narrow streets to the railway station. | The light guided them back to harbour. | (fig.) A lawyer guided them through the complex application procedure. $\rightarrow$ see LEAD$^1$ (USAGE) 2 [+obj+adv/prep] to control (the movements of): The pilot guided the plane onto the runway. 3 [usually pass.] to influence strongly: Be guided by your feelings, and tell her the truth before it's too late.
guide·book /'gaidbuk/ n a special book about an area, city etc that gives details about the place and its history
,guided 'missile n a MISSILE that is guided by electrical means to the thing it is aimed at
'guide dog BrE || seeing eye dog AmE -- n a dog (usually a Labrador) trained to guide a blind person
,guided 'tour n a tour on which people are shown places and told things about them by a GUIDE$^1$: a guided tour of Blenheim Palace/of the Speedwell Caverns
guide·lines /'gaidlainz/ n [P] informal rules or instructions on how something should be done: The new pay settlement goes outside the government's guidelines.
,Guiding 'Light a US television SOAP OPERA, which began in 1937 and moved on to television in 1952, and is now the longest running drama. It tells of the lives of people who live in the fictional town of Springfield.
guild /gild/ n 1 an association for businessmen or skilled workers who joined together in former times to help one another and to make rules for training new members 2 an association of people with similar interests: the Townswomen's Guild
guil·der /'gild$\Lambda$r/ also gulden n the standard money unit of the Netherlands, before the Euro was introduced in 2002
Guild·ford Four, the /,gilf$\Lambda$d 'fo:r||-f$\Lambda$rd-/ three men and one woman who were sent to prison for life in 1975 for exploding IRA bombs in the English town of Guildford. They were let out of prison in 1989, because it was shown that some police officers had behaved dishonestly in order to prove that they were guilty. $\rightarrow$ see also BIRMINGHAM SIX, BRIDGEWATER FOUR
guild·hall /'gildho:l/ n a building in which members of a guild used to meet
Guildhall, the a hall belonging to the CORPORATION of the CITY of London which is used for important official occasions, especially large formal meals
guile /gail/ n [U] fml deceit, especially of a clever indirect kind; CUNNING: He persuaded her to sign the document by guile. --ful adj --fully adv
guile·less /'gail-l$\Lambda$s/ adj (appearing to be) lacking in any deceit; INGENUOUS --ly adv --ness n [U]
guil·le·mot /'gilimot||-m$\Lambda$:t/ n any of several kinds of seabird with narrow beaks that live in northern parts of the world
guil·lo·tine$^1$ /'gil$\Lambda$ti:n/ n 1 a piece of equipment used especially in France for cutting off the heads of criminals, which works by means of a heavy blade sliding down between two posts. It was used especially during the FRENCH REVOLUTION to kill members of the ARISTOCRACY. 2 BrE a piece of equipment used for cutting paper 3 BrE an act of fixing a time to vote on a law in a law-making body, so that argument about it will not go on too long. Some people think that governments will do this in order to get the result they want: to apply a guillotine
guillotine$^2$ v [T] 1 to cut off the head of (a person) with a guillotine 2 to limit (argument) in a law-making body: Discussion of the bill was guillotined.
guilt /gilt/ n [U] 1 the fact of having broken a moral rule or official law: The jury acquitted him (=let him go free) because his guilt could not be proved. | an admission of guilt $\rightarrow$ opposite INNOCENCE 2 responsibility for something wrong; blame: When children behave badly the guilt sometimes lies with the parents for not caring sufficiently. 3 the feelings produced by knowledge or belief that one has done wrong;