Meaning

A word or phrase that serves as one's guide..

Definitions by Sense

1. A word or phrase that serves as one's guide.
2. (publishing) A word that is printed at the top or bottom of the page in a reference work, in order to help readers find a specific entry.
3. (printing, historical) A word under the right-hand side of the last line on a book page that repeats the first word from the following page.
4. (chiefly business, uncommon) Any of the words in a memo or email that define metadata regarding the message, such as sender, recipient, and subject.

Example Sentences

Naturalness is perhaps the best guideword to keep in mind.

Heidegger accompanies this meditation, however, with a second, more overtly "philosophical" or "thinking" reflection on the "guideword" Das Wesen der Sprache: -- die Sprache des Wesens ("The essence of language: -- the language of essence").

Secondly, the teacher-librarian must know how to use books herself to find information — title page, table of contents, index, guidewords, etc.

One purpose of a traditional memo or e-mail is to provide essential information quickly and easily, so there is no restriction, other than appearance or practicality, on the number or variety of guidewords you include.

Word Forms

• guidewords
• guide word

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When Should You Use Guide word?

Use guide word when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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