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guidebook

guide·book
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [gahyd-boo k]
    • /ˈgaɪdˌbʊk/
    • /ˈɡaɪd.bʊk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [gahyd-boo k]
    • /ˈgaɪdˌbʊk/

Definitions of guidebook word

  • noun guidebook a book of directions, advice, and information, especially for travelers or tourists. 1
  • noun guidebook A book of information about a place, designed for the use of visitors or tourists. 1
  • noun guidebook book of tourist information 1
  • countable noun guidebook A guidebook is a book that gives tourists information about a town, area, or country. 0
  • countable noun guidebook A guidebook is a book that gives you information or instructions to help you do or understand something. 0
  • noun guidebook a handbook with information for visitors to a place, as a historic building, museum, or foreign country 0

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Origin of guidebook

First appearance:

before 1805
One of the 41% newest English words
First recorded in 1805-15; guide + book

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Parts of speech for Guidebook

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

guidebook popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

guidebook usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for guidebook

noun guidebook

  • reference book — a book containing useful facts or specially organized information, as an encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, yearbook, etc.
  • mapWalter, c1140–1209? Welsh ecclesiastic, poet, and satirist.
  • manual — done, operated, worked, etc., by the hand or hands rather than by an electrical or electronic device: a manual gearshift.
  • field guide — a portable illustrated book to help identify birds, plants, rocks, etc., as on a nature walk.
  • road map — a map designed for motorists, showing the principal cities and towns of a state or area, the chief roads, usually tourist attractions and places of historical interest, and the mileage from one place to another.

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