Guide and Tend

Guide

Guide verb - To look after and make decisions about.

Usage example: thought the new superintendent would guide the school system well

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Tend and guide are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tend" instead a verb "Guide".

Nearby Words: guidance, guided, guideline, guiding

Tend verb - To take charge of especially on behalf of another.

Usage example: tend the store while I run an errand

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Guide and tend are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Guide" instead a verb "Tend".

character	guide character	tend character
power	guide power	tend power
life	guide life	tend life
people	guide people	tend people
Other words: way, characters, bit, powers, cats.

Smug Snake: Most characters (even the sympathetic ones) tend to overestimate their ability to foresee and guide events.

Source: Series / 37 Days
Older myths tend to depict her as a serene guide to the other world for departed souls who had died from natural cause.

Source: Everybody Hates Hades
They're supposed to watch over and guide the Clans, but especially in the fourth series they tend to be bickering too much to agree on things.

Source: Literature / Warrior Cats

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