guided

1. 1
   adjective

   Directed or controlled by an outside person, device, or system.

   Like a remote-controlled car that turns wherever the operator steers it.

   The museum offers a guided walk through its restored gardens.

   Modern guided missiles can adjust their course in mid-flight.

   Similarescorted, led

   Oppositeunguided

   Note

   An either-or adjective: something is guided or it is not, so it takes no comparative. Nobody writes "more guided" or "very guided." It sits mostly before nouns in set pairings such as guided walk and guided missile. After be, look for an agent. "The walk was guided by a ranger" is the passive verb, while a bare "guided walk" names a kind of outing.

2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of guide.

   The captain guided the ship into the harbor at dawn.

   Visitors were guided along a marked trail through the reserve.

   Note

   One spelling does double duty: she guided the tour, the tour was guided, they have guided hundreds of visitors. It carries every sense of guide with it, from leading a group to piloting a ship to overseeing someone's training. Because guide can also be used without an object, "she guided for years" is as natural as "she guided us."

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