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[ gest ] SHOW IPA
/ gɛst / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a person who spends some time at another person's home in some social activity, as a visit, dinner, or party.
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.
SEE MORE SEE LESS 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.
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Origin of guest 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; cf. host1 , host2
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synonym study for guest 1 . See visitor.
OTHER WORDS FROM guest guestless, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH guest guessed, guest Words nearby guest Guesde, guess, guess again, guesstimate, guesswork, guest , guest beer, guestbook, guest flag, guesthouse, guestimate
Definition for guest (2 of 2) [ gest ] SHOW IPA
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noun Edgar A(lbert), 1881–1959, U.S. journalist and writer of verse, born in England.
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Example sentences from the Web for guest And then I met him before I started doing the impression of him when he was a guest on SNL for a moment.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness | Marlow Stern| January 7, 2015| DAILY BEAST
Al Qaeda has never managed to carve out a large chunk of real estate to call its own—in Afghanistan it was a guest of the Taliban.
ISIS’s Futile Quest to Go Legit | Jamie Dettmer| January 5, 2015| DAILY BEAST
That explains the impressive roster of guest stars the series has racked up of politicians playing themselves.
Inside the Political Fun House: How ‘Alpha House’ Became Amazon’s First Big Hit | Kevin Fallon| October 24, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Rachel Maddow, too, apparently impresses in her upcoming season two guest turn.
Inside the Political Fun House: How ‘Alpha House’ Became Amazon’s First Big Hit | Kevin Fallon| October 24, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Maintaining the high caliber of guest to which his viewers have become accustomed, Galifianakis welcomes Brad Pitt to the ferns.
Brad Pitt and Louis C.K. Go ‘Between Two Ferns’ | Alex Chancey, The Daily Beast Video| October 23, 2014| DAILY BEAST
"This is an appalling way to treat a guest ," she said as they walked slowly towards home.
Captivity | M. Leonora Eyles
Meantime, Allison and Kitty, hurrying home with their guest , had delighted Norah by a demand for early supper.
The Little Colonel at Boarding-School | Annie Fellows Johnston
Come with me to my own room,” said Alcibiades to his guest , “we shall be here alone.
Callias | Alfred John Church
If Rose baked a cake for a wedding supper, this did not militate in the least against her eligibility as a guest of the occasion.
Otherwise Phyllis | Meredith Nicholson
To-night, every inmate was thoroughly miserable, except their guest .
The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall | Spencer Davenport
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British Dictionary definitions for guest 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
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (intr) (in theatre and broadcasting) to be a guest to guest on a show
Word Origin for guest Old English giest guest, stranger, enemy; related to Old Norse gestr, Gothic gasts, Old High German gast, Old Slavonic gostǐ, Latin hostis enemy
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Words related to guest customer, patron, visitor, caller, companion, inmate, client, recipient, tenant, vacationer, lodger, transient, boarder, frequenter, mate, renter, visitant, company, roomer, ephemera