Definition of guest in English:

guest

noun ɡɛstɡɛst

1A person who is invited to visit someone's home or attend a particular social occasion.
I have two guests coming to dinner tonight
as modifier the guest list
Example sentencesExamples
- My grandmother did attend, appropriately corsaged, and we have photos of her sitting in one of the plastic chairs graciously visiting with guests.
- The pet monkey was an occasional guest at dinner parties.
- Try out the Orange Kiss Me Cake for a special occasion for extra special guests.
- When he is using the studio, guests are invited to visit him and watch him work.
- KT would sleep in the guest bedroom when she visited.
- The sun shone brightly for the entire afternoon and the guests thoroughly enjoyed the occasion.
- Fried chicken, however much touted as the southern dish, was a food reserved for Sunday dinner guests and special occasions.
- On some occasions the guest lists have appeared wilfully eclectic.
- The guests present on the occasion tried to resolve the dispute amicably but all the efforts to motivate the groom proved futile, the eyewitnesses said.
- They would sing, dance, and even strip naked at social occasions to provoke distinguished guests into offering donations.
- I would never knowingly offend a guest at such an occasion and Stephen, quite rightly, felt he could not allow my marks to pass without mounting a spirited defence of his organisation.
- Some unexpected guests paid a visit to Tramore on Monday.
- On one occasion the distinguished guests gathered with him round the table were excited at the prospect of hearing some new and sparkling aphorism fall from his lips.
- When guests visit you, it is polite to welcome them with kind words and serve them what you have.
- The trio is supplemented by visits from numerous eclectic guests.
- The association would be pleased to hear from anyone who feels able to host guests over the three-night visit.
- Ticket holders wishing to bring a friend will receive three vouchers that invite a guest to attend a B grade game for only £5!
- His mother and sister visited Ireland as guests of the State and travelled from Kerry to Letitia's native Maynooth, Co Kildare.
- The school's hall was decorated with balloons for the occasion and the guests all enjoyed a buffet and drinks.
- On special occasions or when guests are visiting, the Vietnamese serve rice wine, beer, soft drinks, or coffee.
Synonyms
visitor, caller
company
archaic visitant
1. 1.1 A person invited to participate in an official event.
  he was in Warsaw as a guest of the Polish government
  as modifier a guest speaker
  Example sentencesExamples
  How is it that when an organization that is supported by student funding has a speaker come there is a cost, but when a poorly funded club or group on campus invites a guest speaker to speak there usually isn't a fee?
  In addition, the event will feature guest speakers that will address different aspects of fair trade.
  At each meeting, the club invites a guest speaker.
  Jacinta Lawlor, a Group Pensions Account Manager with Bank of Ireland Life, will be guest speaker for the event.
  A talented trio of sisters making a name for themselves in the world of animation are among the guest speakers at an event aimed at firing the imagination of young would-be entrepreneurs.
  The event will include guest speakers, aboriginal singers and a candlelight vigil.
  The Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov, who was due to arrive on an official visit to Bulgaria yesterday, has also been invited by Sofianski as an official guest at the ceremonies.
  They invited a guest speaker, a member of a nearby police department's SWAT team.
  A lot of companies invite me to be a guest speaker at conferences to motivate their staff.
  The committee, in order to make these monthly meetings more interesting to our members, have invited a guest speaker to be in attendance after each monthly meeting.
  Drama classes, day trips, fundraising events and guest speakers are also planned for next year.
  In this article it turns out that he went off on another tirade against the black community recently at a conference he was invited to be the guest speaker.
  Later that evening she will launch the festival and will be guest speaker at an event hosted by the heritage office of Carlow County Council.
  Mr Noel Dempsey, Minister for Education and Science will be will be the guest speaker at the event.
  Former Leeds United legend Norman Hunter is the guest speaker at the event, with tickets priced at £32.
  The National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va., will have several events with guest speakers and a commemoration ceremony.
  He was guest speaker at the event and entertained the guests with his witty repartee.
  A guest speaker at each event will deliver multi-disciplinary, non-technical presentations.
  There will also be a guest speaker at each event to talk about a specific topic of local interest.
  I'm not sure if there was any comment, by him or by anyone else, but we were actually supposed to be directing our attention to a guest speaker who was invited to our class to talk about farming.
2. 1.2 A person invited to take part in a radio or television programme or other entertainment.
  a regular guest on the morning show
  Example sentencesExamples
  Radio and television talk shows remain popular as guests and listeners continue the search for success.
  The other night on your radio program, your guest noted that you perform a very important public service by disseminating information of this type.
  He admits that he enjoys analysing India's cricket performance with regular guests on the programme.
  It also offers an easily accessible interview facility for radio and television guests.
  The radio studios will be able to accommodate three guests at a time and up to four studios can broadcast to the UK simultaneously.
  Now sex workers regularly appear on television programs as guests and meet with government ministers.
  He's a regular guest on many different talk shows in the US.
  The other two guests on the program were a famous crosstalk comedian, and a urologist.
  In addition to writing on the subject of school choice, Merrifield is a frequent guest on television and radio programs in which the issue is discussed and debated.
  He recently completed a 60-date UK stage tour, and is a regular guest on radio and television.
  As a broadcaster, he also gets books signed by his radio guests when he can.
  You also can hear him as a guest on Sporting News Radio.
  His books and films earned him a following among naive romantics, and he became a guest on national television shows.
  It was the most uncivil exchange I've ever heard on a talk radio show between a host and a regular guest.
  He can even be heard regularly on the radio airwaves as a guest.
  He seems to be a regular guest on some BBC radio programmes on environmental matters, so he is not an ivory tower scribbler.
  She has appeared as a military consultant for NBC and CNN and as a guest on several television programs.
  You are the guest of an Asian presenter on a multi-cultural radio programme.
  There will be plenty of live guests on the programme, with lively opinions on offer.
  It has a superficial historical accuracy, but the characters talk like daytime television guests rather than major political figures.
2A person staying at a hotel or guest house.
a reduction for guests staying seven nights or more
Example sentencesExamples
- A surge in the number of foreign guests staying in Japanese hotels has pushed up occupancy rates at leading hotels and bolstered their bottom lines.
- While short-term tenants will pay more, guests staying for a minimum of six months are being offered discounts of up to 40 per cent.
- Weekends, she says, are mostly booked by guests staying in the hotel and the regular clientele tend to have their appointments during the week.
- That program is expected to replace the current free-room-night reward when guests stay nine nights.
- However, local managers refused to say how many people had been leaving early because of the outbreak and how many guests were staying in the hotel.
- The idea was to get a better understanding of exactly what guests did during their stay.
- Le Terrace, as the hotel is also called, already has 120-130 guests staying in it including about 15 from overseas.
- The first step is to estimate an occupancy rate or the number of nights a year you can reasonably expect guests to stay in your establishment.
- The Diana Group has contracted with Bangkok-Pattaya Hospital to provide quality care to guests staying at the resort.
- Others pointed out one of the buildings close to the first attack is a hotel - what about guests who were staying for the long Labor Day weekend?
- But don't sweat it - a number of hotels loan out the popular digital music devices to guests during their stay.
- In 40% of these cases, there is unintentional overbooking because guests have extended their stay.
- A team of professionals cook, clean and cater for guests during their stay.
- If a guest should stay eight times at any Oberoi Hotel, they are entitled to a complimentary stay for two nights at an Oberoi Resort.
- The Myrtles is now a bed and breakfast, so guests can stay in these rooms and see if the ghosts come out and play.
- A throng of cheering fans gathered outside for hours just to catch a glimpse of their hero and 60 guests stayed at the hotel overnight to see him.
- In a special drive to embrace digital photography and printing, Hewlett-Packard is giving hotel guests free use of its digital cameras during their stay.
- The roof had a couple holes in it, and the useable rooms for guests to stay in totaled six, after you took away the rooms designated for the staff.
- No apartments were available and most hotels permitted a guest to stay only 5 days.
- However, he had infected his brother-in-law, two nurses in the hospital, and seven guests who had stayed on the same floor of the hotel.
Synonyms
patron, client, person staying
boarder, lodger, resident, tenant, paying guest, PG
North American roomer
1. 2.1US A customer at a restaurant.
  Example sentencesExamples
  It will cover pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage to hotel and restaurant guests, customers and visitors.
  Our foursome took a corner of the huge table of guests at a Korean restaurant on the Holloway Road, just a stagger from Highbury and Islington Station.
  We tried to figure out what circumstance would warrant a restaurant guest standing on a toilet seat.
  And then I thought, but the true stars are this restaurant's fine guests - you, mes amis.
  Or, start them off with more familiar foods: some pizza restaurants allow young guests to add their own toppings.
  The restaurant guests seem to be a lot of older foreign tourists, so the atmosphere is a little stilted.
  Consecutively, the images of his present popped back into place: trees, restaurant guests, tables, and lastly, a worried looking Finn.
  My Husband had come as one of the guests from the restaurant they both worked at.
  Describing how he built up his wealth through saving and making investments, he said he often did not use his subsistence allowances because he ate meals as a guest of restaurants.
  I was fortunate enough to dine as a guest of the restaurant and therefore etiquette demands that I don't review the meal.
  Waiters are instructed not to interrupt conversations - between dining guests or between a customer and someone on the phone.
  Professional magicians could be spotted these days at beach resorts and posh restaurants regaling guests awaiting their food.
  The restaurant will cater to guests on ‘first come first serve’ basis.
  It offers entertainment, displays and behind the scenes tours as well as a casual bar area and a separate seated restaurant for guests.
  The waiter at the hotel applied this simple wisdom to enhance not only the experience of savoring the delicacy but also the quality of service for the restaurant guests.
  Most restaurants cater to guests, but the idea of making sure employees are happy, too, is a rather unique concept.
  There were about five guests in the restaurant, which much looked like a camping cafeteria to me, and three of them were ready to leave, leaving behind wrappers of chocolate bars.
  Overall, Home Steak was a pleasant experience and the waiters' obvious familiarity with many of their guests confirmed that this restaurant is a place to go back to.
  Tunes from Broadway musicals from that period gently resonate in the restaurant and transport guests back across the Pacific into the New York of the last century.
  The pair, Lee Kane and Mary Davenporf, bop around the restaurant, serving guests in casual clothes, while welcoming people with open smiles.
3Entomology
A small invertebrate that lives unharmed within an ants' nest.
Example sentencesExamples
- All ant guests have to avoid being eaten by their hosts.
- That diversity and beauty has fueled Rettenmeyer's lifelong passion for army ant guests.
- Usually you can sit beside the trails of army ants and watch for guests as the line goes by.

verb ɡɛstɡɛst

[no object]informal

Appear as a temporary or visiting performer or participant in a television or radio programme or other entertainment.
he guested on the show two weeks ago
Example sentencesExamples
- Donnie was guesting in one of my Wilderness Walks television programmes and despite the fact he had performed a song called Nightfall on Marsco he had never actually climbed the hill.
- By 1988 she was guesting on national television's New Year's Eve national lottery, run by the Finanza, the same tax authorities that last week put her in handcuffs.
- A fan since the age of 14, he finally met Dave Brock in 2003 after inviting him to guest on his LBC radio show.
- Back in 1995, reedman David Murray guested on a D.D. Jackson session, which sparked an interest in the label from U.S.-based musicians.
- And flying by the seat of his pants by guesting with a band with which he had never played, Ben Hazelton, a bassist of some considerable excellence, provided cover for the bass chair.
- I knew that their frontman Mau had guested on Cuba's album, but could find no further information.
- This week I was supposed to be guesting on the blog of some friends, as well as replying to a growing pile of e-mails, paying bills and other.
- John had guested on the hit Lola and hung on until a surprise second coming in 1975 when the album Soap Opera and the single Everyone's a Star rekindled their earlier American success.
- Back in 1999 they were signed to Virgin and label-mates Gomez guested on their album.
- An American talk show host, guesting on the BBC, is arguing with a caller.
- Ted, who recently guested on The Tonight Show with his Queer Eye cohorts, had some choice comments on the experience, as well as the show's host…
- We wonder if everyone who guested on that album will be claiming they won the Grammy…
- Norah Jones, guesting in her unknown, pre-Grammy days, drops by to croon I Walk the Line and a soporific Tennessee Waltz.
- In ten years he has helmed 20 records and guested on countless others besides, a work-rate that makes Timbaland look like Radiohead.
- Aside from the roots of many a New Zealand band, you can also hear the seeds of Yo La Tengo (who have covered the band countless times, and also guested on their last album, Getaway), and various lo-fi factions of American indie rock.
- Tomorrow, I shall be mostly guesting on the B3ta radio show on Resonance FM in the London area, with a large folder containing various tales of mirth and woe for anyone foolish enough to be listening.
- He has guested on records by Sting, George Michael and Carmel and played with jazz greats like Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Evans, Clark Terry and Quincy Jones.
- I'm getting emails and phone calls enthusing over my brilliance and insight when I guested on the Hugh Hewitt show last night.
- I knew her in Baltimore and guested on her show with my daughter when she was in Baltimore.
- Not too long ago I played some of this for a friend, who was interested when he saw that Liz Fraser of the Cocteau Twins guested on one or two tracks.
- Johnny Fay of The Tragically Hip guested on drums with them last year.
- As well as his impending appearance on BBC television he will also be guesting on BBC Radio Ulster for a week, presenting one of their regular music and chat shows.
- Maz Murray is an excellent female vocalist who guests on the show.
- With a big six months of blogging behind me, I'm in relative terms a real veteran at this stuff, but still, guesting Josh's site makes me feel like those kids in Hoosiers who are a bit in awe of their environs when they get to the State Finals.
- His first break came when he guested on the popular Radio Eireann programme ‘Ceili House’ many years ago.
- Mac is also a helluva nice guy as I found out when he and I guested on Paul Harris's radio show last year in Vegas - and he's clever, too.
- Anybody that ever guested on the show said I've done a lot of programs, but none were ever as delightful an experience where everybody seemed to love each other so much.
- If all goes well, I'll be guesting on Radio Ulster's Seven Days round table on Sunday chewing the fat over the coming election on both sides of the water!
- Years ago, he guested on ‘The Joey Bishop Show.’
- Like a lot of you, I first discovered the Muppets back when they intermittently guested on TV shows, most notably Ed Sullivan's.
- For a short time - he guested on that show, anyone who saw that show.
- Peter Cook was invited to guest on the programme on the strength of the notorious Derek and Clive recordings, which shared with punk a kind of adolescent, deliberately puerile nihilism.

Phrases

be my guest

informal Please do.
May I choose the restaurant? Be my guest!
Example sentencesExamples
- So if you are the one person who's been oppressed or discriminated against for being white, heterosexual, able-bodied, etc, be my guest, have a rant and a parade.
- It means that if you wanna hook me up with tickets, please be my guest…
- If anyone ever feels the overwhelming desire to give me cash, please, be my guest.
- But if you want to leave and create a better life for yourself in cities like Manchester or Birmingham, which have no crime, litter, vandalism, poverty, racism, drug problems and gangs on the streets, then be my guest.
- So, please, be my guest - write whatever you you like.
- But if you're bilingual and up to your eyeballs in ennui, please be my guest.
- ‘Yes, be my guest as you may please,’ she said, though before she had finished saying it, he had already sat down.
- So, if you wanna have someone split your pelvis open, move some of your insides to your outsides and shift some fat cells around for about $5,000 to $7,000 to gain, if you're lucky, maybe an inch, be my guest.
- If you want to be smothered in spirituality, and leave the Real World behind, please, be my guest and join a cult.
- But, if you aren't and want to read on, be my guest…

guest of honour

The most important guest at an occasion.
Example sentencesExamples
- Mums will be the guests of honour on the day and every mum who walks through the gates and registers will go in the running to win a Mother's Day Nutrimetics hamper worth $150.
- We ask our guests of honour to give a light-hearted speech with a message.
- On Friday evening, the contestants will be guests of honour at Kilcohan Park Greyhound Stadium as the adjudication process to find the Waterford Rose continues.
- More than 100 invited guests, including civic and business leaders, movie industry members and genuine film fans, supped champagne as they waited for the guests of honour to arrive.
- Organisers would like the youngsters to be guests of honour at the opening ceremony at 10.30 am on Saturday, December 6, and are urging parents of the registered children to contact them.
- The 1978 Intermediate Championship winning team are the guests of honour and it is a good chance to meet up with those that have returned to the area especially for the decoration.
- Apart from international delegates a number of ministers from the Indian government and Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka state governments will be participating as guests of honour.
- The pupils had just been presented with their second Green Flag at a special ceremony in Dublin, and the two famous sportsmen were guests of honour of the pupils to jointly hoist the proud banner into place on the school's tall flagpole.
- To celebrate KRG's achievements since 1978, regional councillors and executives also had a special dinner, where past and present KRG chairpersons were guests of honour.
- Claire's parents, Terry and Louise, and sisters Kirsty, 12, and Jodie, 10, and brother Jake, four, will all be guests of honour at the show.

Origin

Middle English: from Old Norse gestr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gast and German Gast, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin hostis 'enemy' (originally 'stranger').

Rhymes

abreast, arrest, attest, beau geste, behest, bequest, best, blessed, blest, breast, Brest, Bucharest, Budapest, celeste, chest, contest, crest, digest, divest, hest, infest, ingest, jest, lest, Midwest, molest, nest, northwest, pest, prestressed, protest, quest, rest, self-addressed, self-confessed, self-possessed, southwest, suggest, test, Trieste, unaddressed, unexpressed, unimpressed, unpressed, unstressed, vest, west, wrest, zest

Definition of guest in US English:

guest

nounɡestɡɛst

1A person who is invited to visit the home of or take part in a function organized by another.
I have two guests coming to dinner tonight
as modifier a guest bedroom
Example sentencesExamples
- The school's hall was decorated with balloons for the occasion and the guests all enjoyed a buffet and drinks.
- They would sing, dance, and even strip naked at social occasions to provoke distinguished guests into offering donations.
- When he is using the studio, guests are invited to visit him and watch him work.
- The sun shone brightly for the entire afternoon and the guests thoroughly enjoyed the occasion.
- My grandmother did attend, appropriately corsaged, and we have photos of her sitting in one of the plastic chairs graciously visiting with guests.
- The pet monkey was an occasional guest at dinner parties.
- On one occasion the distinguished guests gathered with him round the table were excited at the prospect of hearing some new and sparkling aphorism fall from his lips.
- When guests visit you, it is polite to welcome them with kind words and serve them what you have.
- On some occasions the guest lists have appeared wilfully eclectic.
- Fried chicken, however much touted as the southern dish, was a food reserved for Sunday dinner guests and special occasions.
- Try out the Orange Kiss Me Cake for a special occasion for extra special guests.
- KT would sleep in the guest bedroom when she visited.
- His mother and sister visited Ireland as guests of the State and travelled from Kerry to Letitia's native Maynooth, Co Kildare.
- The association would be pleased to hear from anyone who feels able to host guests over the three-night visit.
- The trio is supplemented by visits from numerous eclectic guests.
- The guests present on the occasion tried to resolve the dispute amicably but all the efforts to motivate the groom proved futile, the eyewitnesses said.
- Some unexpected guests paid a visit to Tramore on Monday.
- Ticket holders wishing to bring a friend will receive three vouchers that invite a guest to attend a B grade game for only £5!
- I would never knowingly offend a guest at such an occasion and Stephen, quite rightly, felt he could not allow my marks to pass without mounting a spirited defence of his organisation.
- On special occasions or when guests are visiting, the Vietnamese serve rice wine, beer, soft drinks, or coffee.
Synonyms
visitor, caller
1. 1.1 A person invited to participate in an official event.
  the bishop went to Cuba as a guest of the Catholic Church
  as modifier a guest speaker
  Example sentencesExamples
  Jacinta Lawlor, a Group Pensions Account Manager with Bank of Ireland Life, will be guest speaker for the event.
  How is it that when an organization that is supported by student funding has a speaker come there is a cost, but when a poorly funded club or group on campus invites a guest speaker to speak there usually isn't a fee?
  A guest speaker at each event will deliver multi-disciplinary, non-technical presentations.
  They invited a guest speaker, a member of a nearby police department's SWAT team.
  Former Leeds United legend Norman Hunter is the guest speaker at the event, with tickets priced at £32.
  Drama classes, day trips, fundraising events and guest speakers are also planned for next year.
  The National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va., will have several events with guest speakers and a commemoration ceremony.
  In addition, the event will feature guest speakers that will address different aspects of fair trade.
  The Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov, who was due to arrive on an official visit to Bulgaria yesterday, has also been invited by Sofianski as an official guest at the ceremonies.
  He was guest speaker at the event and entertained the guests with his witty repartee.
  A talented trio of sisters making a name for themselves in the world of animation are among the guest speakers at an event aimed at firing the imagination of young would-be entrepreneurs.
  I'm not sure if there was any comment, by him or by anyone else, but we were actually supposed to be directing our attention to a guest speaker who was invited to our class to talk about farming.
  At each meeting, the club invites a guest speaker.
  Later that evening she will launch the festival and will be guest speaker at an event hosted by the heritage office of Carlow County Council.
  Mr Noel Dempsey, Minister for Education and Science will be will be the guest speaker at the event.
  There will also be a guest speaker at each event to talk about a specific topic of local interest.
  A lot of companies invite me to be a guest speaker at conferences to motivate their staff.
  The event will include guest speakers, aboriginal singers and a candlelight vigil.
  The committee, in order to make these monthly meetings more interesting to our members, have invited a guest speaker to be in attendance after each monthly meeting.
  In this article it turns out that he went off on another tirade against the black community recently at a conference he was invited to be the guest speaker.
2. 1.2 A person invited to take part in a radio or television program, sports event, or other entertainment.
  a regular guest on the morning show
  as modifier a guest appearance
  Example sentencesExamples
  It also offers an easily accessible interview facility for radio and television guests.
  He can even be heard regularly on the radio airwaves as a guest.
  He seems to be a regular guest on some BBC radio programmes on environmental matters, so he is not an ivory tower scribbler.
  She has appeared as a military consultant for NBC and CNN and as a guest on several television programs.
  The other night on your radio program, your guest noted that you perform a very important public service by disseminating information of this type.
  Now sex workers regularly appear on television programs as guests and meet with government ministers.
  It has a superficial historical accuracy, but the characters talk like daytime television guests rather than major political figures.
  In addition to writing on the subject of school choice, Merrifield is a frequent guest on television and radio programs in which the issue is discussed and debated.
  He's a regular guest on many different talk shows in the US.
  The other two guests on the program were a famous crosstalk comedian, and a urologist.
  As a broadcaster, he also gets books signed by his radio guests when he can.
  He recently completed a 60-date UK stage tour, and is a regular guest on radio and television.
  His books and films earned him a following among naive romantics, and he became a guest on national television shows.
  He admits that he enjoys analysing India's cricket performance with regular guests on the programme.
  You also can hear him as a guest on Sporting News Radio.
  There will be plenty of live guests on the programme, with lively opinions on offer.
  The radio studios will be able to accommodate three guests at a time and up to four studios can broadcast to the UK simultaneously.
  You are the guest of an Asian presenter on a multi-cultural radio programme.
  Radio and television talk shows remain popular as guests and listeners continue the search for success.
  It was the most uncivil exchange I've ever heard on a talk radio show between a host and a regular guest.
3. 1.3 A person lodging at a hotel or boarding house.
  a reduction for guests staying seven nights or more
  Example sentencesExamples
  A team of professionals cook, clean and cater for guests during their stay.
  Others pointed out one of the buildings close to the first attack is a hotel - what about guests who were staying for the long Labor Day weekend?
  While short-term tenants will pay more, guests staying for a minimum of six months are being offered discounts of up to 40 per cent.
  In 40% of these cases, there is unintentional overbooking because guests have extended their stay.
  In a special drive to embrace digital photography and printing, Hewlett-Packard is giving hotel guests free use of its digital cameras during their stay.
  The first step is to estimate an occupancy rate or the number of nights a year you can reasonably expect guests to stay in your establishment.
  However, he had infected his brother-in-law, two nurses in the hospital, and seven guests who had stayed on the same floor of the hotel.
  No apartments were available and most hotels permitted a guest to stay only 5 days.
  Weekends, she says, are mostly booked by guests staying in the hotel and the regular clientele tend to have their appointments during the week.
  That program is expected to replace the current free-room-night reward when guests stay nine nights.
  But don't sweat it - a number of hotels loan out the popular digital music devices to guests during their stay.
  A throng of cheering fans gathered outside for hours just to catch a glimpse of their hero and 60 guests stayed at the hotel overnight to see him.
  The roof had a couple holes in it, and the useable rooms for guests to stay in totaled six, after you took away the rooms designated for the staff.
  If a guest should stay eight times at any Oberoi Hotel, they are entitled to a complimentary stay for two nights at an Oberoi Resort.
  However, local managers refused to say how many people had been leaving early because of the outbreak and how many guests were staying in the hotel.
  Le Terrace, as the hotel is also called, already has 120-130 guests staying in it including about 15 from overseas.
  The idea was to get a better understanding of exactly what guests did during their stay.
  The Myrtles is now a bed and breakfast, so guests can stay in these rooms and see if the ghosts come out and play.
  A surge in the number of foreign guests staying in Japanese hotels has pushed up occupancy rates at leading hotels and bolstered their bottom lines.
  The Diana Group has contracted with Bangkok-Pattaya Hospital to provide quality care to guests staying at the resort.
  Synonyms
  patron, client, person staying
4. 1.4US A customer at a restaurant.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The waiter at the hotel applied this simple wisdom to enhance not only the experience of savoring the delicacy but also the quality of service for the restaurant guests.
  I was fortunate enough to dine as a guest of the restaurant and therefore etiquette demands that I don't review the meal.
  The restaurant will cater to guests on ‘first come first serve’ basis.
  Describing how he built up his wealth through saving and making investments, he said he often did not use his subsistence allowances because he ate meals as a guest of restaurants.
  It offers entertainment, displays and behind the scenes tours as well as a casual bar area and a separate seated restaurant for guests.
  The pair, Lee Kane and Mary Davenporf, bop around the restaurant, serving guests in casual clothes, while welcoming people with open smiles.
  Most restaurants cater to guests, but the idea of making sure employees are happy, too, is a rather unique concept.
  Waiters are instructed not to interrupt conversations - between dining guests or between a customer and someone on the phone.
  And then I thought, but the true stars are this restaurant's fine guests - you, mes amis.
  The restaurant guests seem to be a lot of older foreign tourists, so the atmosphere is a little stilted.
  Or, start them off with more familiar foods: some pizza restaurants allow young guests to add their own toppings.
  We tried to figure out what circumstance would warrant a restaurant guest standing on a toilet seat.
  Consecutively, the images of his present popped back into place: trees, restaurant guests, tables, and lastly, a worried looking Finn.
  It will cover pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage to hotel and restaurant guests, customers and visitors.
  Professional magicians could be spotted these days at beach resorts and posh restaurants regaling guests awaiting their food.
  There were about five guests in the restaurant, which much looked like a camping cafeteria to me, and three of them were ready to leave, leaving behind wrappers of chocolate bars.
  Overall, Home Steak was a pleasant experience and the waiters' obvious familiarity with many of their guests confirmed that this restaurant is a place to go back to.
  Our foursome took a corner of the huge table of guests at a Korean restaurant on the Holloway Road, just a stagger from Highbury and Islington Station.
  Tunes from Broadway musicals from that period gently resonate in the restaurant and transport guests back across the Pacific into the New York of the last century.
  My Husband had come as one of the guests from the restaurant they both worked at.
5. 1.5Entomology A small invertebrate that lives unharmed within an ants' nest.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Usually you can sit beside the trails of army ants and watch for guests as the line goes by.
  That diversity and beauty has fueled Rettenmeyer's lifelong passion for army ant guests.
  All ant guests have to avoid being eaten by their hosts.

verbɡestɡɛst

[no object]informal

Appear as a guest.
he guested on one of her early albums
Example sentencesExamples
- Ted, who recently guested on The Tonight Show with his Queer Eye cohorts, had some choice comments on the experience, as well as the show's host…
- Donnie was guesting in one of my Wilderness Walks television programmes and despite the fact he had performed a song called Nightfall on Marsco he had never actually climbed the hill.
- A fan since the age of 14, he finally met Dave Brock in 2003 after inviting him to guest on his LBC radio show.
- I knew her in Baltimore and guested on her show with my daughter when she was in Baltimore.
- I'm getting emails and phone calls enthusing over my brilliance and insight when I guested on the Hugh Hewitt show last night.
- Aside from the roots of many a New Zealand band, you can also hear the seeds of Yo La Tengo (who have covered the band countless times, and also guested on their last album, Getaway), and various lo-fi factions of American indie rock.
- In ten years he has helmed 20 records and guested on countless others besides, a work-rate that makes Timbaland look like Radiohead.
- Peter Cook was invited to guest on the programme on the strength of the notorious Derek and Clive recordings, which shared with punk a kind of adolescent, deliberately puerile nihilism.
- I knew that their frontman Mau had guested on Cuba's album, but could find no further information.
- John had guested on the hit Lola and hung on until a surprise second coming in 1975 when the album Soap Opera and the single Everyone's a Star rekindled their earlier American success.
- We wonder if everyone who guested on that album will be claiming they won the Grammy…
- This week I was supposed to be guesting on the blog of some friends, as well as replying to a growing pile of e-mails, paying bills and other.
- Years ago, he guested on ‘The Joey Bishop Show.’
- As well as his impending appearance on BBC television he will also be guesting on BBC Radio Ulster for a week, presenting one of their regular music and chat shows.
- Anybody that ever guested on the show said I've done a lot of programs, but none were ever as delightful an experience where everybody seemed to love each other so much.
- Johnny Fay of The Tragically Hip guested on drums with them last year.
- Maz Murray is an excellent female vocalist who guests on the show.
- If all goes well, I'll be guesting on Radio Ulster's Seven Days round table on Sunday chewing the fat over the coming election on both sides of the water!
- By 1988 she was guesting on national television's New Year's Eve national lottery, run by the Finanza, the same tax authorities that last week put her in handcuffs.
- He has guested on records by Sting, George Michael and Carmel and played with jazz greats like Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Evans, Clark Terry and Quincy Jones.
- His first break came when he guested on the popular Radio Eireann programme ‘Ceili House’ many years ago.
- An American talk show host, guesting on the BBC, is arguing with a caller.
- Norah Jones, guesting in her unknown, pre-Grammy days, drops by to croon I Walk the Line and a soporific Tennessee Waltz.
- Back in 1995, reedman David Murray guested on a D.D. Jackson session, which sparked an interest in the label from U.S.-based musicians.
- Mac is also a helluva nice guy as I found out when he and I guested on Paul Harris's radio show last year in Vegas - and he's clever, too.
- Like a lot of you, I first discovered the Muppets back when they intermittently guested on TV shows, most notably Ed Sullivan's.
- For a short time - he guested on that show, anyone who saw that show.
- Tomorrow, I shall be mostly guesting on the B3ta radio show on Resonance FM in the London area, with a large folder containing various tales of mirth and woe for anyone foolish enough to be listening.
- Not too long ago I played some of this for a friend, who was interested when he saw that Liz Fraser of the Cocteau Twins guested on one or two tracks.
- Back in 1999 they were signed to Virgin and label-mates Gomez guested on their album.
- And flying by the seat of his pants by guesting with a band with which he had never played, Ben Hazelton, a bassist of some considerable excellence, provided cover for the bass chair.
- With a big six months of blogging behind me, I'm in relative terms a real veteran at this stuff, but still, guesting Josh's site makes me feel like those kids in Hoosiers who are a bit in awe of their environs when they get to the State Finals.

Phrases

be my guest

informal Please do.
May I choose the restaurant? Be my guest!
Example sentencesExamples
- But if you're bilingual and up to your eyeballs in ennui, please be my guest.
- ‘Yes, be my guest as you may please,’ she said, though before she had finished saying it, he had already sat down.
- If you want to be smothered in spirituality, and leave the Real World behind, please, be my guest and join a cult.
- So, please, be my guest - write whatever you you like.
- It means that if you wanna hook me up with tickets, please be my guest…
- If anyone ever feels the overwhelming desire to give me cash, please, be my guest.
- So, if you wanna have someone split your pelvis open, move some of your insides to your outsides and shift some fat cells around for about $5,000 to $7,000 to gain, if you're lucky, maybe an inch, be my guest.
- But if you want to leave and create a better life for yourself in cities like Manchester or Birmingham, which have no crime, litter, vandalism, poverty, racism, drug problems and gangs on the streets, then be my guest.
- So if you are the one person who's been oppressed or discriminated against for being white, heterosexual, able-bodied, etc, be my guest, have a rant and a parade.
- But, if you aren't and want to read on, be my guest…

guest of honor

The most important guest at an occasion.
Example sentencesExamples
- Apart from international delegates a number of ministers from the Indian government and Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka state governments will be participating as guests of honour.
- The 1978 Intermediate Championship winning team are the guests of honour and it is a good chance to meet up with those that have returned to the area especially for the decoration.
- We ask our guests of honour to give a light-hearted speech with a message.
- Claire's parents, Terry and Louise, and sisters Kirsty, 12, and Jodie, 10, and brother Jake, four, will all be guests of honour at the show.
- The pupils had just been presented with their second Green Flag at a special ceremony in Dublin, and the two famous sportsmen were guests of honour of the pupils to jointly hoist the proud banner into place on the school's tall flagpole.
- More than 100 invited guests, including civic and business leaders, movie industry members and genuine film fans, supped champagne as they waited for the guests of honour to arrive.
- On Friday evening, the contestants will be guests of honour at Kilcohan Park Greyhound Stadium as the adjudication process to find the Waterford Rose continues.
- Mums will be the guests of honour on the day and every mum who walks through the gates and registers will go in the running to win a Mother's Day Nutrimetics hamper worth $150.
- Organisers would like the youngsters to be guests of honour at the opening ceremony at 10.30 am on Saturday, December 6, and are urging parents of the registered children to contact them.
- To celebrate KRG's achievements since 1978, regional councillors and executives also had a special dinner, where past and present KRG chairpersons were guests of honour.

Origin

Middle English: from Old Norse gestr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gast and German Gast, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin hostis ‘enemy’ (originally ‘stranger’).

单词	guest
释义	Definition of guest in English: guest noun ɡɛstɡɛst 1A person who is invited to visit someone's home or attend a particular social occasion. I have two guests coming to dinner tonight as modifier the guest list Example sentencesExamples My grandmother did attend, appropriately corsaged, and we have photos of her sitting in one of the plastic chairs graciously visiting with guests. The pet monkey was an occasional guest at dinner parties. Try out the Orange Kiss Me Cake for a special occasion for extra special guests. When he is using the studio, guests are invited to visit him and watch him work. KT would sleep in the guest bedroom when she visited. The sun shone brightly for the entire afternoon and the guests thoroughly enjoyed the occasion. Fried chicken, however much touted as the southern dish, was a food reserved for Sunday dinner guests and special occasions. On some occasions the guest lists have appeared wilfully eclectic. The guests present on the occasion tried to resolve the dispute amicably but all the efforts to motivate the groom proved futile, the eyewitnesses said. They would sing, dance, and even strip naked at social occasions to provoke distinguished guests into offering donations. I would never knowingly offend a guest at such an occasion and Stephen, quite rightly, felt he could not allow my marks to pass without mounting a spirited defence of his organisation. Some unexpected guests paid a visit to Tramore on Monday. On one occasion the distinguished guests gathered with him round the table were excited at the prospect of hearing some new and sparkling aphorism fall from his lips. When guests visit you, it is polite to welcome them with kind words and serve them what you have. The trio is supplemented by visits from numerous eclectic guests. The association would be pleased to hear from anyone who feels able to host guests over the three-night visit. Ticket holders wishing to bring a friend will receive three vouchers that invite a guest to attend a B grade game for only £5! His mother and sister visited Ireland as guests of the State and travelled from Kerry to Letitia's native Maynooth, Co Kildare. The school's hall was decorated with balloons for the occasion and the guests all enjoyed a buffet and drinks. On special occasions or when guests are visiting, the Vietnamese serve rice wine, beer, soft drinks, or coffee. Synonyms visitor, caller company archaic visitant 1.1 A person invited to participate in an official event. he was in Warsaw as a guest of the Polish government as modifier a guest speaker Example sentencesExamples How is it that when an organization that is supported by student funding has a speaker come there is a cost, but when a poorly funded club or group on campus invites a guest speaker to speak there usually isn't a fee? In addition, the event will feature guest speakers that will address different aspects of fair trade. At each meeting, the club invites a guest speaker. Jacinta Lawlor, a Group Pensions Account Manager with Bank of Ireland Life, will be guest speaker for the event. A talented trio of sisters making a name for themselves in the world of animation are among the guest speakers at an event aimed at firing the imagination of young would-be entrepreneurs. The event will include guest speakers, aboriginal singers and a candlelight vigil. The Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov, who was due to arrive on an official visit to Bulgaria yesterday, has also been invited by Sofianski as an official guest at the ceremonies. They invited a guest speaker, a member of a nearby police department's SWAT team. A lot of companies invite me to be a guest speaker at conferences to motivate their staff. The committee, in order to make these monthly meetings more interesting to our members, have invited a guest speaker to be in attendance after each monthly meeting. Drama classes, day trips, fundraising events and guest speakers are also planned for next year. In this article it turns out that he went off on another tirade against the black community recently at a conference he was invited to be the guest speaker. Later that evening she will launch the festival and will be guest speaker at an event hosted by the heritage office of Carlow County Council. Mr Noel Dempsey, Minister for Education and Science will be will be the guest speaker at the event. Former Leeds United legend Norman Hunter is the guest speaker at the event, with tickets priced at £32. The National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va., will have several events with guest speakers and a commemoration ceremony. He was guest speaker at the event and entertained the guests with his witty repartee. A guest speaker at each event will deliver multi-disciplinary, non-technical presentations. There will also be a guest speaker at each event to talk about a specific topic of local interest. I'm not sure if there was any comment, by him or by anyone else, but we were actually supposed to be directing our attention to a guest speaker who was invited to our class to talk about farming. 1.2 A person invited to take part in a radio or television programme or other entertainment. a regular guest on the morning show Example sentencesExamples Radio and television talk shows remain popular as guests and listeners continue the search for success. The other night on your radio program, your guest noted that you perform a very important public service by disseminating information of this type. He admits that he enjoys analysing India's cricket performance with regular guests on the programme. It also offers an easily accessible interview facility for radio and television guests. The radio studios will be able to accommodate three guests at a time and up to four studios can broadcast to the UK simultaneously. Now sex workers regularly appear on television programs as guests and meet with government ministers. He's a regular guest on many different talk shows in the US. The other two guests on the program were a famous crosstalk comedian, and a urologist. In addition to writing on the subject of school choice, Merrifield is a frequent guest on television and radio programs in which the issue is discussed and debated. He recently completed a 60-date UK stage tour, and is a regular guest on radio and television. As a broadcaster, he also gets books signed by his radio guests when he can. You also can hear him as a guest on Sporting News Radio. His books and films earned him a following among naive romantics, and he became a guest on national television shows. It was the most uncivil exchange I've ever heard on a talk radio show between a host and a regular guest. He can even be heard regularly on the radio airwaves as a guest. He seems to be a regular guest on some BBC radio programmes on environmental matters, so he is not an ivory tower scribbler. She has appeared as a military consultant for NBC and CNN and as a guest on several television programs. You are the guest of an Asian presenter on a multi-cultural radio programme. There will be plenty of live guests on the programme, with lively opinions on offer. It has a superficial historical accuracy, but the characters talk like daytime television guests rather than major political figures. 2A person staying at a hotel or guest house. a reduction for guests staying seven nights or more Example sentencesExamples A surge in the number of foreign guests staying in Japanese hotels has pushed up occupancy rates at leading hotels and bolstered their bottom lines. While short-term tenants will pay more, guests staying for a minimum of six months are being offered discounts of up to 40 per cent. Weekends, she says, are mostly booked by guests staying in the hotel and the regular clientele tend to have their appointments during the week. That program is expected to replace the current free-room-night reward when guests stay nine nights. However, local managers refused to say how many people had been leaving early because of the outbreak and how many guests were staying in the hotel. The idea was to get a better understanding of exactly what guests did during their stay. Le Terrace, as the hotel is also called, already has 120-130 guests staying in it including about 15 from overseas. The first step is to estimate an occupancy rate or the number of nights a year you can reasonably expect guests to stay in your establishment. The Diana Group has contracted with Bangkok-Pattaya Hospital to provide quality care to guests staying at the resort. Others pointed out one of the buildings close to the first attack is a hotel - what about guests who were staying for the long Labor Day weekend? But don't sweat it - a number of hotels loan out the popular digital music devices to guests during their stay. In 40% of these cases, there is unintentional overbooking because guests have extended their stay. A team of professionals cook, clean and cater for guests during their stay. If a guest should stay eight times at any Oberoi Hotel, they are entitled to a complimentary stay for two nights at an Oberoi Resort. The Myrtles is now a bed and breakfast, so guests can stay in these rooms and see if the ghosts come out and play. A throng of cheering fans gathered outside for hours just to catch a glimpse of their hero and 60 guests stayed at the hotel overnight to see him. In a special drive to embrace digital photography and printing, Hewlett-Packard is giving hotel guests free use of its digital cameras during their stay. The roof had a couple holes in it, and the useable rooms for guests to stay in totaled six, after you took away the rooms designated for the staff. No apartments were available and most hotels permitted a guest to stay only 5 days. However, he had infected his brother-in-law, two nurses in the hospital, and seven guests who had stayed on the same floor of the hotel. Synonyms patron, client, person staying boarder, lodger, resident, tenant, paying guest, PG North American roomer 2.1US A customer at a restaurant. Example sentencesExamples It will cover pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage to hotel and restaurant guests, customers and visitors. Our foursome took a corner of the huge table of guests at a Korean restaurant on the Holloway Road, just a stagger from Highbury and Islington Station. We tried to figure out what circumstance would warrant a restaurant guest standing on a toilet seat. And then I thought, but the true stars are this restaurant's fine guests - you, mes amis. Or, start them off with more familiar foods: some pizza restaurants allow young guests to add their own toppings. The restaurant guests seem to be a lot of older foreign tourists, so the atmosphere is a little stilted. Consecutively, the images of his present popped back into place: trees, restaurant guests, tables, and lastly, a worried looking Finn. My Husband had come as one of the guests from the restaurant they both worked at. Describing how he built up his wealth through saving and making investments, he said he often did not use his subsistence allowances because he ate meals as a guest of restaurants. I was fortunate enough to dine as a guest of the restaurant and therefore etiquette demands that I don't review the meal. Waiters are instructed not to interrupt conversations - between dining guests or between a customer and someone on the phone. Professional magicians could be spotted these days at beach resorts and posh restaurants regaling guests awaiting their food. The restaurant will cater to guests on ‘first come first serve’ basis. It offers entertainment, displays and behind the scenes tours as well as a casual bar area and a separate seated restaurant for guests. The waiter at the hotel applied this simple wisdom to enhance not only the experience of savoring the delicacy but also the quality of service for the restaurant guests. Most restaurants cater to guests, but the idea of making sure employees are happy, too, is a rather unique concept. There were about five guests in the restaurant, which much looked like a camping cafeteria to me, and three of them were ready to leave, leaving behind wrappers of chocolate bars. Overall, Home Steak was a pleasant experience and the waiters' obvious familiarity with many of their guests confirmed that this restaurant is a place to go back to. Tunes from Broadway musicals from that period gently resonate in the restaurant and transport guests back across the Pacific into the New York of the last century. The pair, Lee Kane and Mary Davenporf, bop around the restaurant, serving guests in casual clothes, while welcoming people with open smiles. 3Entomology A small invertebrate that lives unharmed within an ants' nest. Example sentencesExamples All ant guests have to avoid being eaten by their hosts. That diversity and beauty has fueled Rettenmeyer's lifelong passion for army ant guests. Usually you can sit beside the trails of army ants and watch for guests as the line goes by. verb ɡɛstɡɛst [no object]informal Appear as a temporary or visiting performer or participant in a television or radio programme or other entertainment. he guested on the show two weeks ago Example sentencesExamples Donnie was guesting in one of my Wilderness Walks television programmes and despite the fact he had performed a song called Nightfall on Marsco he had never actually climbed the hill. By 1988 she was guesting on national television's New Year's Eve national lottery, run by the Finanza, the same tax authorities that last week put her in handcuffs. A fan since the age of 14, he finally met Dave Brock in 2003 after inviting him to guest on his LBC radio show. Back in 1995, reedman David Murray guested on a D.D. Jackson session, which sparked an interest in the label from U.S.-based musicians. And flying by the seat of his pants by guesting with a band with which he had never played, Ben Hazelton, a bassist of some considerable excellence, provided cover for the bass chair. I knew that their frontman Mau had guested on Cuba's album, but could find no further information. This week I was supposed to be guesting on the blog of some friends, as well as replying to a growing pile of e-mails, paying bills and other. John had guested on the hit Lola and hung on until a surprise second coming in 1975 when the album Soap Opera and the single Everyone's a Star rekindled their earlier American success. Back in 1999 they were signed to Virgin and label-mates Gomez guested on their album. An American talk show host, guesting on the BBC, is arguing with a caller. Ted, who recently guested on The Tonight Show with his Queer Eye cohorts, had some choice comments on the experience, as well as the show's host… We wonder if everyone who guested on that album will be claiming they won the Grammy… Norah Jones, guesting in her unknown, pre-Grammy days, drops by to croon I Walk the Line and a soporific Tennessee Waltz. In ten years he has helmed 20 records and guested on countless others besides, a work-rate that makes Timbaland look like Radiohead. Aside from the roots of many a New Zealand band, you can also hear the seeds of Yo La Tengo (who have covered the band countless times, and also guested on their last album, Getaway), and various lo-fi factions of American indie rock. Tomorrow, I shall be mostly guesting on the B3ta radio show on Resonance FM in the London area, with a large folder containing various tales of mirth and woe for anyone foolish enough to be listening. He has guested on records by Sting, George Michael and Carmel and played with jazz greats like Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Evans, Clark Terry and Quincy Jones. I'm getting emails and phone calls enthusing over my brilliance and insight when I guested on the Hugh Hewitt show last night. I knew her in Baltimore and guested on her show with my daughter when she was in Baltimore. Not too long ago I played some of this for a friend, who was interested when he saw that Liz Fraser of the Cocteau Twins guested on one or two tracks. Johnny Fay of The Tragically Hip guested on drums with them last year. As well as his impending appearance on BBC television he will also be guesting on BBC Radio Ulster for a week, presenting one of their regular music and chat shows. Maz Murray is an excellent female vocalist who guests on the show. With a big six months of blogging behind me, I'm in relative terms a real veteran at this stuff, but still, guesting Josh's site makes me feel like those kids in Hoosiers who are a bit in awe of their environs when they get to the State Finals. His first break came when he guested on the popular Radio Eireann programme ‘Ceili House’ many years ago. Mac is also a helluva nice guy as I found out when he and I guested on Paul Harris's radio show last year in Vegas - and he's clever, too. Anybody that ever guested on the show said I've done a lot of programs, but none were ever as delightful an experience where everybody seemed to love each other so much. If all goes well, I'll be guesting on Radio Ulster's Seven Days round table on Sunday chewing the fat over the coming election on both sides of the water! Years ago, he guested on ‘The Joey Bishop Show.’ Like a lot of you, I first discovered the Muppets back when they intermittently guested on TV shows, most notably Ed Sullivan's. For a short time - he guested on that show, anyone who saw that show. Peter Cook was invited to guest on the programme on the strength of the notorious Derek and Clive recordings, which shared with punk a kind of adolescent, deliberately puerile nihilism. Phrases be my guest informal Please do. May I choose the restaurant? Be my guest! Example sentencesExamples So if you are the one person who's been oppressed or discriminated against for being white, heterosexual, able-bodied, etc, be my guest, have a rant and a parade. It means that if you wanna hook me up with tickets, please be my guest… If anyone ever feels the overwhelming desire to give me cash, please, be my guest. But if you want to leave and create a better life for yourself in cities like Manchester or Birmingham, which have no crime, litter, vandalism, poverty, racism, drug problems and gangs on the streets, then be my guest. So, please, be my guest - write whatever you you like. But if you're bilingual and up to your eyeballs in ennui, please be my guest. ‘Yes, be my guest as you may please,’ she said, though before she had finished saying it, he had already sat down. So, if you wanna have someone split your pelvis open, move some of your insides to your outsides and shift some fat cells around for about $5,000 to $7,000 to gain, if you're lucky, maybe an inch, be my guest. If you want to be smothered in spirituality, and leave the Real World behind, please, be my guest and join a cult. But, if you aren't and want to read on, be my guest… guest of honour The most important guest at an occasion. Example sentencesExamples Mums will be the guests of honour on the day and every mum who walks through the gates and registers will go in the running to win a Mother's Day Nutrimetics hamper worth $150. We ask our guests of honour to give a light-hearted speech with a message. On Friday evening, the contestants will be guests of honour at Kilcohan Park Greyhound Stadium as the adjudication process to find the Waterford Rose continues. More than 100 invited guests, including civic and business leaders, movie industry members and genuine film fans, supped champagne as they waited for the guests of honour to arrive. Organisers would like the youngsters to be guests of honour at the opening ceremony at 10.30 am on Saturday, December 6, and are urging parents of the registered children to contact them. The 1978 Intermediate Championship winning team are the guests of honour and it is a good chance to meet up with those that have returned to the area especially for the decoration. Apart from international delegates a number of ministers from the Indian government and Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka state governments will be participating as guests of honour. The pupils had just been presented with their second Green Flag at a special ceremony in Dublin, and the two famous sportsmen were guests of honour of the pupils to jointly hoist the proud banner into place on the school's tall flagpole. To celebrate KRG's achievements since 1978, regional councillors and executives also had a special dinner, where past and present KRG chairpersons were guests of honour. Claire's parents, Terry and Louise, and sisters Kirsty, 12, and Jodie, 10, and brother Jake, four, will all be guests of honour at the show. Origin Middle English: from Old Norse gestr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gast and German Gast, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin hostis 'enemy' (originally 'stranger'). Rhymes abreast, arrest, attest, beau geste, behest, bequest, best, blessed, blest, breast, Brest, Bucharest, Budapest, celeste, chest, contest, crest, digest, divest, hest, infest, ingest, jest, lest, Midwest, molest, nest, northwest, pest, prestressed, protest, quest, rest, self-addressed, self-confessed, self-possessed, southwest, suggest, test, Trieste, unaddressed, unexpressed, unimpressed, unpressed, unstressed, vest, west, wrest, zest noun.1 phr. Definition of guest in US English: guest nounɡestɡɛst 1A person who is invited to visit the home of or take part in a function organized by another. I have two guests coming to dinner tonight as modifier a guest bedroom Example sentencesExamples The school's hall was decorated with balloons for the occasion and the guests all enjoyed a buffet and drinks. They would sing, dance, and even strip naked at social occasions to provoke distinguished guests into offering donations. When he is using the studio, guests are invited to visit him and watch him work. The sun shone brightly for the entire afternoon and the guests thoroughly enjoyed the occasion. My grandmother did attend, appropriately corsaged, and we have photos of her sitting in one of the plastic chairs graciously visiting with guests. The pet monkey was an occasional guest at dinner parties. On one occasion the distinguished guests gathered with him round the table were excited at the prospect of hearing some new and sparkling aphorism fall from his lips. When guests visit you, it is polite to welcome them with kind words and serve them what you have. On some occasions the guest lists have appeared wilfully eclectic. Fried chicken, however much touted as the southern dish, was a food reserved for Sunday dinner guests and special occasions. Try out the Orange Kiss Me Cake for a special occasion for extra special guests. KT would sleep in the guest bedroom when she visited. His mother and sister visited Ireland as guests of the State and travelled from Kerry to Letitia's native Maynooth, Co Kildare. The association would be pleased to hear from anyone who feels able to host guests over the three-night visit. The trio is supplemented by visits from numerous eclectic guests. The guests present on the occasion tried to resolve the dispute amicably but all the efforts to motivate the groom proved futile, the eyewitnesses said. Some unexpected guests paid a visit to Tramore on Monday. Ticket holders wishing to bring a friend will receive three vouchers that invite a guest to attend a B grade game for only £5! I would never knowingly offend a guest at such an occasion and Stephen, quite rightly, felt he could not allow my marks to pass without mounting a spirited defence of his organisation. On special occasions or when guests are visiting, the Vietnamese serve rice wine, beer, soft drinks, or coffee. Synonyms visitor, caller 1.1 A person invited to participate in an official event. the bishop went to Cuba as a guest of the Catholic Church as modifier a guest speaker Example sentencesExamples Jacinta Lawlor, a Group Pensions Account Manager with Bank of Ireland Life, will be guest speaker for the event. How is it that when an organization that is supported by student funding has a speaker come there is a cost, but when a poorly funded club or group on campus invites a guest speaker to speak there usually isn't a fee? A guest speaker at each event will deliver multi-disciplinary, non-technical presentations. They invited a guest speaker, a member of a nearby police department's SWAT team. Former Leeds United legend Norman Hunter is the guest speaker at the event, with tickets priced at £32. Drama classes, day trips, fundraising events and guest speakers are also planned for next year. The National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va., will have several events with guest speakers and a commemoration ceremony. In addition, the event will feature guest speakers that will address different aspects of fair trade. The Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov, who was due to arrive on an official visit to Bulgaria yesterday, has also been invited by Sofianski as an official guest at the ceremonies. He was guest speaker at the event and entertained the guests with his witty repartee. A talented trio of sisters making a name for themselves in the world of animation are among the guest speakers at an event aimed at firing the imagination of young would-be entrepreneurs. I'm not sure if there was any comment, by him or by anyone else, but we were actually supposed to be directing our attention to a guest speaker who was invited to our class to talk about farming. At each meeting, the club invites a guest speaker. Later that evening she will launch the festival and will be guest speaker at an event hosted by the heritage office of Carlow County Council. Mr Noel Dempsey, Minister for Education and Science will be will be the guest speaker at the event. There will also be a guest speaker at each event to talk about a specific topic of local interest. A lot of companies invite me to be a guest speaker at conferences to motivate their staff. The event will include guest speakers, aboriginal singers and a candlelight vigil. The committee, in order to make these monthly meetings more interesting to our members, have invited a guest speaker to be in attendance after each monthly meeting. In this article it turns out that he went off on another tirade against the black community recently at a conference he was invited to be the guest speaker. 1.2 A person invited to take part in a radio or television program, sports event, or other entertainment. a regular guest on the morning show as modifier a guest appearance Example sentencesExamples It also offers an easily accessible interview facility for radio and television guests. He can even be heard regularly on the radio airwaves as a guest. He seems to be a regular guest on some BBC radio programmes on environmental matters, so he is not an ivory tower scribbler. She has appeared as a military consultant for NBC and CNN and as a guest on several television programs. The other night on your radio program, your guest noted that you perform a very important public service by disseminating information of this type. Now sex workers regularly appear on television programs as guests and meet with government ministers. It has a superficial historical accuracy, but the characters talk like daytime television guests rather than major political figures. In addition to writing on the subject of school choice, Merrifield is a frequent guest on television and radio programs in which the issue is discussed and debated. He's a regular guest on many different talk shows in the US. The other two guests on the program were a famous crosstalk comedian, and a urologist. As a broadcaster, he also gets books signed by his radio guests when he can. He recently completed a 60-date UK stage tour, and is a regular guest on radio and television. His books and films earned him a following among naive romantics, and he became a guest on national television shows. He admits that he enjoys analysing India's cricket performance with regular guests on the programme. You also can hear him as a guest on Sporting News Radio. There will be plenty of live guests on the programme, with lively opinions on offer. The radio studios will be able to accommodate three guests at a time and up to four studios can broadcast to the UK simultaneously. You are the guest of an Asian presenter on a multi-cultural radio programme. Radio and television talk shows remain popular as guests and listeners continue the search for success. It was the most uncivil exchange I've ever heard on a talk radio show between a host and a regular guest. 1.3 A person lodging at a hotel or boarding house. a reduction for guests staying seven nights or more Example sentencesExamples A team of professionals cook, clean and cater for guests during their stay. Others pointed out one of the buildings close to the first attack is a hotel - what about guests who were staying for the long Labor Day weekend? While short-term tenants will pay more, guests staying for a minimum of six months are being offered discounts of up to 40 per cent. In 40% of these cases, there is unintentional overbooking because guests have extended their stay. In a special drive to embrace digital photography and printing, Hewlett-Packard is giving hotel guests free use of its digital cameras during their stay. The first step is to estimate an occupancy rate or the number of nights a year you can reasonably expect guests to stay in your establishment. However, he had infected his brother-in-law, two nurses in the hospital, and seven guests who had stayed on the same floor of the hotel. No apartments were available and most hotels permitted a guest to stay only 5 days. Weekends, she says, are mostly booked by guests staying in the hotel and the regular clientele tend to have their appointments during the week. That program is expected to replace the current free-room-night reward when guests stay nine nights. But don't sweat it - a number of hotels loan out the popular digital music devices to guests during their stay. A throng of cheering fans gathered outside for hours just to catch a glimpse of their hero and 60 guests stayed at the hotel overnight to see him. The roof had a couple holes in it, and the useable rooms for guests to stay in totaled six, after you took away the rooms designated for the staff. If a guest should stay eight times at any Oberoi Hotel, they are entitled to a complimentary stay for two nights at an Oberoi Resort. However, local managers refused to say how many people had been leaving early because of the outbreak and how many guests were staying in the hotel. Le Terrace, as the hotel is also called, already has 120-130 guests staying in it including about 15 from overseas. The idea was to get a better understanding of exactly what guests did during their stay. The Myrtles is now a bed and breakfast, so guests can stay in these rooms and see if the ghosts come out and play. A surge in the number of foreign guests staying in Japanese hotels has pushed up occupancy rates at leading hotels and bolstered their bottom lines. The Diana Group has contracted with Bangkok-Pattaya Hospital to provide quality care to guests staying at the resort. Synonyms patron, client, person staying 1.4US A customer at a restaurant. Example sentencesExamples The waiter at the hotel applied this simple wisdom to enhance not only the experience of savoring the delicacy but also the quality of service for the restaurant guests. I was fortunate enough to dine as a guest of the restaurant and therefore etiquette demands that I don't review the meal. The restaurant will cater to guests on ‘first come first serve’ basis. Describing how he built up his wealth through saving and making investments, he said he often did not use his subsistence allowances because he ate meals as a guest of restaurants. It offers entertainment, displays and behind the scenes tours as well as a casual bar area and a separate seated restaurant for guests. The pair, Lee Kane and Mary Davenporf, bop around the restaurant, serving guests in casual clothes, while welcoming people with open smiles. Most restaurants cater to guests, but the idea of making sure employees are happy, too, is a rather unique concept. Waiters are instructed not to interrupt conversations - between dining guests or between a customer and someone on the phone. And then I thought, but the true stars are this restaurant's fine guests - you, mes amis. The restaurant guests seem to be a lot of older foreign tourists, so the atmosphere is a little stilted. Or, start them off with more familiar foods: some pizza restaurants allow young guests to add their own toppings. We tried to figure out what circumstance would warrant a restaurant guest standing on a toilet seat. Consecutively, the images of his present popped back into place: trees, restaurant guests, tables, and lastly, a worried looking Finn. It will cover pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage to hotel and restaurant guests, customers and visitors. Professional magicians could be spotted these days at beach resorts and posh restaurants regaling guests awaiting their food. There were about five guests in the restaurant, which much looked like a camping cafeteria to me, and three of them were ready to leave, leaving behind wrappers of chocolate bars. Overall, Home Steak was a pleasant experience and the waiters' obvious familiarity with many of their guests confirmed that this restaurant is a place to go back to. Our foursome took a corner of the huge table of guests at a Korean restaurant on the Holloway Road, just a stagger from Highbury and Islington Station. Tunes from Broadway musicals from that period gently resonate in the restaurant and transport guests back across the Pacific into the New York of the last century. My Husband had come as one of the guests from the restaurant they both worked at. 1.5Entomology A small invertebrate that lives unharmed within an ants' nest. Example sentencesExamples Usually you can sit beside the trails of army ants and watch for guests as the line goes by. That diversity and beauty has fueled Rettenmeyer's lifelong passion for army ant guests. All ant guests have to avoid being eaten by their hosts. verbɡestɡɛst [no object]informal Appear as a guest. he guested on one of her early albums Example sentencesExamples Ted, who recently guested on The Tonight Show with his Queer Eye cohorts, had some choice comments on the experience, as well as the show's host… Donnie was guesting in one of my Wilderness Walks television programmes and despite the fact he had performed a song called Nightfall on Marsco he had never actually climbed the hill. A fan since the age of 14, he finally met Dave Brock in 2003 after inviting him to guest on his LBC radio show. I knew her in Baltimore and guested on her show with my daughter when she was in Baltimore. I'm getting emails and phone calls enthusing over my brilliance and insight when I guested on the Hugh Hewitt show last night. Aside from the roots of many a New Zealand band, you can also hear the seeds of Yo La Tengo (who have covered the band countless times, and also guested on their last album, Getaway), and various lo-fi factions of American indie rock. In ten years he has helmed 20 records and guested on countless others besides, a work-rate that makes Timbaland look like Radiohead. Peter Cook was invited to guest on the programme on the strength of the notorious Derek and Clive recordings, which shared with punk a kind of adolescent, deliberately puerile nihilism. I knew that their frontman Mau had guested on Cuba's album, but could find no further information. John had guested on the hit Lola and hung on until a surprise second coming in 1975 when the album Soap Opera and the single Everyone's a Star rekindled their earlier American success. We wonder if everyone who guested on that album will be claiming they won the Grammy… This week I was supposed to be guesting on the blog of some friends, as well as replying to a growing pile of e-mails, paying bills and other. Years ago, he guested on ‘The Joey Bishop Show.’ As well as his impending appearance on BBC television he will also be guesting on BBC Radio Ulster for a week, presenting one of their regular music and chat shows. Anybody that ever guested on the show said I've done a lot of programs, but none were ever as delightful an experience where everybody seemed to love each other so much. Johnny Fay of The Tragically Hip guested on drums with them last year. Maz Murray is an excellent female vocalist who guests on the show. If all goes well, I'll be guesting on Radio Ulster's Seven Days round table on Sunday chewing the fat over the coming election on both sides of the water! By 1988 she was guesting on national television's New Year's Eve national lottery, run by the Finanza, the same tax authorities that last week put her in handcuffs. He has guested on records by Sting, George Michael and Carmel and played with jazz greats like Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Evans, Clark Terry and Quincy Jones. His first break came when he guested on the popular Radio Eireann programme ‘Ceili House’ many years ago. An American talk show host, guesting on the BBC, is arguing with a caller. Norah Jones, guesting in her unknown, pre-Grammy days, drops by to croon I Walk the Line and a soporific Tennessee Waltz. Back in 1995, reedman David Murray guested on a D.D. Jackson session, which sparked an interest in the label from U.S.-based musicians. Mac is also a helluva nice guy as I found out when he and I guested on Paul Harris's radio show last year in Vegas - and he's clever, too. Like a lot of you, I first discovered the Muppets back when they intermittently guested on TV shows, most notably Ed Sullivan's. For a short time - he guested on that show, anyone who saw that show. Tomorrow, I shall be mostly guesting on the B3ta radio show on Resonance FM in the London area, with a large folder containing various tales of mirth and woe for anyone foolish enough to be listening. Not too long ago I played some of this for a friend, who was interested when he saw that Liz Fraser of the Cocteau Twins guested on one or two tracks. Back in 1999 they were signed to Virgin and label-mates Gomez guested on their album. And flying by the seat of his pants by guesting with a band with which he had never played, Ben Hazelton, a bassist of some considerable excellence, provided cover for the bass chair. With a big six months of blogging behind me, I'm in relative terms a real veteran at this stuff, but still, guesting Josh's site makes me feel like those kids in Hoosiers who are a bit in awe of their environs when they get to the State Finals. Phrases be my guest informal Please do. May I choose the restaurant? Be my guest! Example sentencesExamples But if you're bilingual and up to your eyeballs in ennui, please be my guest. ‘Yes, be my guest as you may please,’ she said, though before she had finished saying it, he had already sat down. If you want to be smothered in spirituality, and leave the Real World behind, please, be my guest and join a cult. So, please, be my guest - write whatever you you like. It means that if you wanna hook me up with tickets, please be my guest… If anyone ever feels the overwhelming desire to give me cash, please, be my guest. So, if you wanna have someone split your pelvis open, move some of your insides to your outsides and shift some fat cells around for about $5,000 to $7,000 to gain, if you're lucky, maybe an inch, be my guest. But if you want to leave and create a better life for yourself in cities like Manchester or Birmingham, which have no crime, litter, vandalism, poverty, racism, drug problems and gangs on the streets, then be my guest. So if you are the one person who's been oppressed or discriminated against for being white, heterosexual, able-bodied, etc, be my guest, have a rant and a parade. But, if you aren't and want to read on, be my guest… guest of honor The most important guest at an occasion. Example sentencesExamples Apart from international delegates a number of ministers from the Indian government and Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka state governments will be participating as guests of honour. The 1978 Intermediate Championship winning team are the guests of honour and it is a good chance to meet up with those that have returned to the area especially for the decoration. We ask our guests of honour to give a light-hearted speech with a message. Claire's parents, Terry and Louise, and sisters Kirsty, 12, and Jodie, 10, and brother Jake, four, will all be guests of honour at the show. The pupils had just been presented with their second Green Flag at a special ceremony in Dublin, and the two famous sportsmen were guests of honour of the pupils to jointly hoist the proud banner into place on the school's tall flagpole. More than 100 invited guests, including civic and business leaders, movie industry members and genuine film fans, supped champagne as they waited for the guests of honour to arrive. On Friday evening, the contestants will be guests of honour at Kilcohan Park Greyhound Stadium as the adjudication process to find the Waterford Rose continues. Mums will be the guests of honour on the day and every mum who walks through the gates and registers will go in the running to win a Mother's Day Nutrimetics hamper worth $150. Organisers would like the youngsters to be guests of honour at the opening ceremony at 10.30 am on Saturday, December 6, and are urging parents of the registered children to contact them. To celebrate KRG's achievements since 1978, regional councillors and executives also had a special dinner, where past and present KRG chairpersons were guests of honour. Origin Middle English: from Old Norse gestr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gast and German Gast, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin hostis ‘enemy’ (originally ‘stranger’). noun.1 phr.
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