guest

guest
[[t]ge̱st[/t]]
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guests, guesting, guested
1) N-COUNT A guest is someone who is visiting you or is at an event because you have invited them.

She was a guest at the wedding...

Their guests sipped drinks on the veranda.

2) N-COUNT A guest is someone who visits a place or organization or appears on a radio or television show because they have been invited to do so.

...a frequent chat show guest...

Dr Gerald Jeffers is the guest speaker...

They met when she made a guest appearance in the hit TV show Minder.

3) N-COUNT A guest is someone who is staying in a hotel.

I was the only hotel guest...

Hotels operate a collection service for their guests from the airports.

4) VERB To guest means to take part in a performance or a match as a guest, rather than as a regular member. [mainly BRIT]

[V prep] He guested for one or two League sides...

[V prep] The band have recently guested on records by Ringo Starr and Tears For Fears.

5) CONVENTION If you say be my guest to someone, you are giving them permission to do something.

If anybody wants to work on this, be my guest.


English dictionary. 2008.

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