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guide·book

(gīd′bo͝ok′)

A handbook of directions and other information, especially for travelers or tourists.

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guidebook

(ˈɡaɪdˌbʊk)

(Library Science & Bibliography) a handbook with information for visitors to a place, as a historic building, museum, or foreign country. Also called: guide

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guide•book

(ˈgaɪdˌbʊk)

n.

1. a book of directions, advice, and information for travelers or tourists.

2. handbook (def. 1).

[1805–15]

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Noun

guidebook - something that offers basic information or instruction

guide

enchiridion, handbook, vade mecum - a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location

field guide - a guidebook describing natural objects of some type that might be encountered in the field; "a field guide to mushrooms"

roadbook - a guidebook describing the roads of a country; contains maps and (sometimes) a gazetteer

travel guidebook, itinerary - a guidebook for travelers

guidebook

noun

1. directory, guide, street map The guidebook says this is the place where all the Hollywood Westerns were made.

2. handbook, guide, manual, instructions, catalogue In 1987 they published a series of guidebooks to American politics.

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Translations

دَليل سِياحِيّ

průvodce

guide

opaskirja

vodič

guida guida turistica

ガイドブック

여행 안내서

vodnik

resehandbok

หนังสือที่ให้ขัอมูลกับนักท่องเที่ยว

rehber

sách hướng dẫn

指南

guidebook

[ˈgaɪdbʊk] N → guía f turística

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

guidebook

[ˈgaɪdbʊk] n

(= travel guide) → guide m

(= manual) → guide mguided missile n → missile m téléguidéguide dog n → chien m d'aveugleguided tour n → visite f guidée
to take sb on a guided tour → faire faire une visite guidée à qnguided writing n → écriture f guidée

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

guidebook

n → (Reise)führer m → (to von)

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guidebook

[ˈgaɪdˌbʊk] n → guida

guidebook

→ دَليل سِياحِيّ průvodce guide Reiseführer τουριστικός οδηγός guía opaskirja guide vodič guida ガイドブック 여행 안내서 handleiding reisehåndbok przewodnik guia de viagem путеводитель resehandbok หนังสือที่ให้ขัอมูลกับนักท่องเที่ยว rehber sách hướng dẫn 指南

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Alexey Alexandrovitch ordered tea to be sent him, sat down to the table, and taking the guidebook, began considering the route of his journey.

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"Look under your pillows christmas morning, and you will find your guidebook," replied Mrs.

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"We'll take the guidebook," said her ladyship, with the eye to mean economy, which is only to be met with in very rich people, "and save a shilling to the man who shows the ruins." With that she went up stairs to array herself for the drive, and looked in the glass; and saw a perfectly virtuous, fascinating, and accomplished woman, facing her irresistibly in a new French bonnet!

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Furthermore, it was suggested that although the ship's library would afford a fair amount of reading matter, it would still be well if each passenger would provide himself with a few guidebooks, a Bible, and some standard works of travel.

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"And those descriptions, taken mostly from guidebooks, I fancy, are the only parts of any real worth.

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The Tintern Abbey guidebook, written by David Robinson - formerly with Cadw but now an architectural historian at English Heritage - provides a comprehensive historical account of the Cistercian monastery.

TV expert backs new guidebook

The result of his stay is an unlikely art project: an unorthodox (though usable) guidebook to the once Golden State.

Jeremy Deller talks about after the Gold Rush, 2002. (A Thousand Words)

At the center of the maelstrom is the Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook, the writing and developing of which was supported with Federal funds.

Can governmental plan put sign-makers behind the 8 ball?

MERE DAYS AFTER THE CLOSE of the 2002 International Builders' Show (IBS), the American Planning Association (APA) released its long-awaited "Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook"--the first new set of guidelines for planning and growth in more than 50 years.

Builders' Guide Grows Smart: members-only guide helps builders understand and implement development changes. (From the President)

On January 17, 2002, the under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology, and logistics issued a memorandum and guidebook to assist Department of Defense (DOD) acquisition teams to avoid unnecessary and unjustified bundling of requirements.

DOD contract consolidation. (Small Business Briefs)

The format of the survey came to resemble a guidebook. In terms of organizing the way the city is used, guidebooks can be a tool for urban planning.

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Some of the 11 courses described in the guidebook are Client & Witness Perjury, Conflicts of Interest in Small Firm Practice, Contacts with Employees and Misdirected Communications, Disposition Ethics and Professionalism, and Non-Deposition Discovery Issues.