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guest
1[ gest ]
noun
- a person who spends some time at another person's home in some social activity, as a visit, dinner, or party.
Synonyms:
- a person who receives the hospitality of a club, a city, or the like.
- a person who patronizes a hotel, restaurant, etc., for the lodging, food, or entertainment it provides.
- an often well-known person invited to participate or perform in a regular program, series, etc., as a substitute for a regular member or as a special attraction.
- Zoology. an inquiline.
verb (used with object)
- to entertain as a guest.
verb (used without object)
- to be a guest; make an appearance as a guest:
She's been guesting on all the TV talk shows.
adjective
- provided for or done by a guest:
a guest towel; a guest column for a newspaper.
- participating or performing as a guest:
a guest conductor.
Guest
2[ gest ]
noun
- Edgar A(lbert), 1881–1959, U.S. journalist and writer of verse, born in England.
guest
/ ɡɛ /
noun
- a person who is entertained, taken out to eat, etc, and paid for by another
- a person who receives hospitality at the home of another
a weekend guest
- ( as modifier )
the guest room
- a person who receives the hospitality of a government, establishment, or organization
- ( as modifier )
a guest speaker
- an actor, contestant, entertainer, etc, taking part as a visitor in a programme in which there are also regular participants
- ( as modifier )
a guest appearance
- a patron of a hotel, boarding house, restaurant, etc
- zoology a nontechnical name for inquiline
- be my guest informal.do as you like
verb
- intr (in theatre and broadcasting) to be a guest
to guest on a show
Other Word Forms
- ܱl adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of guest1
Idioms and Phrases
see be my guest .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Madrid, depending on the outcome of Saturday's final, may arrive as either reborn heroes or wounded guests.
The charge will be managed and administered by hotels and serviced accommodation providers, either when guests check in or at the end of their stay.
As well as the FA Cup, Sutton is making predictions for every Premier League game this season against a variety of guests.
“In-N-Out will not give you guest number 69 on your receipt,” the company wrote in a social media post.
“Energy, energy, energy, energy,” the group chants together, breathing as one, readying to storm the stage and wow the excited guests, many of whom are from burn-scarred Altadena and Pasadena.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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