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guest

1

[ gest ]

noun

  1. a person who spends some time at another person's home in some social activity, as a visit, dinner, or party.

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  2. a person who receives the hospitality of a club, a city, or the like.
  3. a person who patronizes a hotel, restaurant, etc., for the lodging, food, or entertainment it provides.
  4. 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.
  5. Zoology. an inquiline.


verb (used with object)

  1. to entertain as a guest.

verb (used without object)

  1. to be a guest; make an appearance as a guest:

    She's been guesting on all the TV talk shows.

adjective

  1. provided for or done by a guest:

    a guest towel; a guest column for a newspaper.

  2. participating or performing as a guest:

    a guest conductor.

Guest

2

[ gest ]

noun

  1. Edgar A(lbert), 1881–1959, U.S. journalist and writer of verse, born in England.

guest

/ É¡É›²õ³Ù /

noun

  1. a person who is entertained, taken out to eat, etc, and paid for by another
    1. a person who receives hospitality at the home of another

      a weekend guest

    2. ( as modifier )

      the guest room

    1. a person who receives the hospitality of a government, establishment, or organization
    2. ( as modifier )

      a guest speaker

    1. an actor, contestant, entertainer, etc, taking part as a visitor in a programme in which there are also regular participants
    2. ( as modifier )

      a guest appearance

  2. a patron of a hotel, boarding house, restaurant, etc
  3. zoology a nontechnical name for inquiline
  4. be my guest informal.
    do as you like
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr (in theatre and broadcasting) to be a guest

    to guest on a show

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of guest1

First recorded before 900; Middle English gest, from Old Norse gestr; replacing Old English gi(e)st; cognate with German Gast, Gothic gasts, Latin hostis; host 1, host 2
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of guest1

Old English giest guest, stranger, enemy; related to Old Norse gestr, Gothic gasts, Old High German gast, Old Slavonic ²µ´Ç²õ³ÙÇ, Latin hostis enemy
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Idioms and Phrases

see be my guest .
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Synonym Study

See visitor.
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Example Sentences

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Gaitok tries to stop the Russians from committing another robbery/crime at the resort but accidentally shoots a guest because he’s so incompetent.

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At each location, a vintage sign flickers, inviting guests to step into a throwback American scene or capture it with a camera.

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We want to know what you think is going to happen to the guests and employees at Mike White’s Thailand resort.

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One guest speaker at the Trump event said he couldn’t wait to see what will happen six months from now.

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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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