guide dog

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [gahyd dawg, dog]
- /gaɪd dɔg, dɒg/
- /ɡaɪd dɒɡ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [gahyd dawg, dog]
- /gaɪd dɔg, dɒg/

Definitions of guide dog words

noun guide dog Seeing Eye dog. 1
countable noun guide dog A guide dog is a dog that has been trained to lead a blind person. 0
noun guide dog a dog that has been specially trained to live with and accompany someone who is blind, enabling the blind person to move about safely 0
noun guide dog a dog trained to lead a blind person 0

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Origin of guide dog

First appearance:

before 1930

One of the 10% newest English words

First recorded in 1930-35

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Parts of speech for Guide dog

noun

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Full grammatical hierarchy of Guide dog

guide dog popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 52% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

guide dog usage trend in Literature

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