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guest

a person who spends time in another’s home as a visitor: house guest, dinner guest; a person who patronizes a hotel, restaurant, etc.; participating or performing as a guest: guest speaker, guest conductor

Not to be confused with:

guessed – arrived at an opinion without sufficient evidence to support it; estimated: He guessed that it would take two hours to get there.; thought: I guessed it would be okay.; believed: I guessed he was telling the truth.

guest

(gĕst)

1. One who is a recipient of hospitality at the home or table of another.

2. One to whom entertainment or hospitality has been extended by another in the role of host or hostess, as at a party.

3. One who pays for meals or accommodations at a restaurant, hotel, or other establishment; a patron.

4. A distinguished visitor to whom the hospitality of an institution, city, or government is extended.

5. A visiting performer, speaker, or contestant, as on a radio or television program.

6. Zoology A commensal organism, especially an insect that lives in the nest or burrow of another species.

v. guest·ed, guest·ing, guests

v.tr.

To entertain as a guest.

v.intr.

To appear as a guest: guested on a television series.

adj.

1. Provided for guests: guest rooms.

2. Participating as a guest: a guest conductor.

[Middle English gest, from Old Norse gestr; see ghos-ti- in Indo-European roots.]

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guest

(ɡɛst)

1. a person who is entertained, taken out to eat, etc, and paid for by another

a. a person who receives hospitality at the home of another: a weekend guest.

b. (as modifier): the guest room.

a. a person who receives the hospitality of a government, establishment, or organization

b. (as modifier): a guest speaker.

4. (Theatre)

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

b. (as modifier): a guest appearance.

5. (Commerce) a patron of a hotel, boarding house, restaurant, etc

6. (Zoology) zoology a nontechnical name for inquiline

7. be my guest informal do as you like

(Theatre) (intr) (in theatre and broadcasting) to be a guest: to guest on a show.

[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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guest

(gɛst)

n.

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

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 what it provides.

4. an often well-known person invited to appear in a regular program, series, etc., as a substitute for a regular member or as a special attraction.

5. inquiline.

v.t.

6. to entertain as a guest.

v.i.

7. to be a guest; make an appearance as a guest.

adj.

8. provided for or done by a guest: a guest towel.

9. participating or performing as a guest: a guest conductor.

[before 900; < Old Norse gestr; replacing Old English gi(e)st, c. Old Saxon, Old High German gast, Gothic gasts, Latin hostis; compare host¹, host²]

guest

Past participle: guested
Gerund: guesting

Imperative
guest
guest

Present
I guest
you guest
he/she/it guests
we guest
you guest
they guest

Preterite
I guested
you guested
he/she/it guested
we guested
you guested
they guested

Present Continuous
I am guesting
you are guesting
he/she/it is guesting
we are guesting
you are guesting
they are guesting

Present Perfect
I have guested
you have guested
he/she/it has guested
we have guested
you have guested
they have guested

Past Continuous
I was guesting
you were guesting
he/she/it was guesting
we were guesting
you were guesting
they were guesting

Past Perfect
I had guested
you had guested
he/she/it had guested
we had guested
you had guested
they had guested

Future
I will guest
you will guest
he/she/it will guest
we will guest
you will guest
they will guest

Future Perfect
I will have guested
you will have guested
he/she/it will have guested
we will have guested
you will have guested
they will have guested

Future Continuous
I will be guesting
you will be guesting
he/she/it will be guesting
we will be guesting
you will be guesting
they will be guesting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been guesting
you have been guesting
he/she/it has been guesting
we have been guesting
you have been guesting
they have been guesting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been guesting
you will have been guesting
he/she/it will have been guesting
we will have been guesting
you will have been guesting
they will have been guesting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been guesting
you had been guesting
he/she/it had been guesting
we had been guesting
you had been guesting
they had been guesting

Conditional
I would guest
you would guest
he/she/it would guest
we would guest
you would guest
they would guest

Past Conditional
I would have guested
you would have guested
he/she/it would have guested
we would have guested
you would have guested
they would have guested

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Noun	1.	guest - a visitor to whom hospitality is extended invitee guest of honor - the person in whose honor a gathering is held house guest, houseguest - a guest entertained in your house visitant, visitor - someone who visits wedding guest - a guest at a wedding
	2.	Guest - United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959) Edgar Albert Guest, Edgar Guest
	3.	guest - a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc. customer, client - someone who pays for goods or services no-show - a guest who fails to notify a hotel or restaurant when canceling a reservation overnighter - a guest who stays overnight
	4.	guest - (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network client, node computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically computer network - (computer science) a network of computers computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

guest

noun

1. visitor, company, caller The guests sipped drinks on the verandah.

2. patron, client, resident, lodger, boarder I was the only guest at the hotel.

Quotations
"Mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests" [Max Beerbohm Hosts and Guests]

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guest

noun

A person or persons visiting one:

company, visitant, visitor.

Translations

ضَيْف

гост

convidathosteinvitat

hostpro hosty

gæstgæste-

Gast gastieren Besuch

καλεσμένος φιλοξενούμενος

gasto

huésped invitado

külaline

مهمان

vierasasiakas

invité convive hôte

gost

vendég

gestur

ospite pensionante cliente

客

손님

hospeshostis

svečiasviešnia

viesa-viesis

musafiroaspete

hosťovský

gost

gästgästa

แขกที่มาเยี่ยม

misafir konuk

khách

客人

guest

[gest]

A. N (at home) → invitado/a m/f; (at hotel, guesthouse) → huésped mf
they had guests that weekend → tenían invitados or visita(s) ese fin de semana
guest of honour → invitado/a m/f de honor
"do you mind if I sit here?" - "be my guest" → -¿le importa si me siento aquí? -por supuesto que no
we were their guests last summer → nos invitaron a su casa el verano pasado

B. VI (US) → aparecer como invitado
he's guesting on tonight's show → aparecerá como invitado en el show de esta noche

C. CPD guest artist N = guest star guest book N → libro m de los huéspedes
guest room N → cuarto m de huéspedes
guest speaker N → orador(a) m/f invitado/a
guest star N → estrella f invitada

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guest

[ˈgɛst]

(= visitor) → invité(e) m/f
We have guests staying with us → Nous avons des invités.
to be sb's guest (= be invited by sb) → être invité(e) par qn
be my guest! (= carry on) → faites comme bon vous semble!

(in hotel) → client(e) m/f

(on TV, radio show) → invité(e) m/f

(at special event) → invité(e) m/f

vi
to guest with a band [singer, musician] → être invité(e) à jouer avec un groupeguest appearance n
to make a guest appearance on sb's show → être invité(e) sur le plateau de qnguest artist n → invité(e) m/f spécial(e)guest book n → livre m d'orguest-house [ˈgɛsthaʊs] n → pension fguest list n → liste f des invitésguest of honour (British) guest of honor (US) n → invité(e) m/f d'honneurguest room n → chambre f d'amisguest speaker n → intervenant(e) m/f extérieur(e)guest star n → guest star fguest worker n → travailleur/euse immigré(e) m/f

guest

n → Gast m; guest of honour (Brit) or honor (US) → Ehrengast m; be my guest (inf) → nur zu! (inf)

vi to guest on something → einen Gastauftritt in etw (dat) → haben; he guested for several clubs → er hatte in mehreren Klubs Gastauftritte

guest

in cpds → Gast-;

guest appearance

n → Gastauftritt m; to make a guest → als Gast auftreten

guest artist

n → Gast(star) m, → Gastkünstler(in) m(f); (Theat) → Gastspieler(in) m(f)

guesthouse

n → Gästehaus nt; (= boarding house) → (Fremden)pension f

guest list

n → Gästeliste f

guest night

n → Gästeabend m

guest room

n → Gästezimmer nt

guest speaker

n → Gastredner(in) m(f)

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guest

[gɛst] n (in house, on TV programme) → ospite m/f; (at party) → invitato/a; (at hotel) → cliente m/f; (in boarding house) → pensionante m/f
guest of honour → ospite d'onore
be my guest (fam) → fai come ti pare

guest

(gest) noun

a visitor received in a house, in a hotel etc. We are having guests for dinner; (also adjective) a guest bedroom.

ˈguesthouse noun

a small hotel.

guest

→ ضَيْف host gæst Gast καλεσμένος huésped vieras invité gost ospite 客 손님 gast gjest gość convidado гость gäst แขกที่มาเยี่ยม konuk khách 客人

guest

n. invitado-a, huésped, comensal; parásito.

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The guest made no remark upon this novel cure for drowsiness, and recipe for making people lively, but, with his hands clasped behind him, stood in the porch, very much amused to see old John, with the bridle in his hand, wavering between a strong impulse to abandon the animal to his fate, and a half disposition to lead him into the house, and shut him up in the parlour, while he waited on his master.

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Guest, his head clerk, upon the other, and midway between, at a nicely calculated distance from the fire, a bottle of a particular old wine that had long dwelt unsunned in the foundations of his house.

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"Hold!" he cried, and, turning directly to Roger de Leybourn, "I have no quarrel with thee, My Lord; but again I come for a guest within thy halls.

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"Go!" she said, "before it is necessary to acquaint my father with the dishonor of his guest."

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I am giving these instructions to the young men who will form the crew, for as regards you aldermen and town councillors, you will join me in entertaining our guest in the cloisters.

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But the door had opened more than ten times, and each time it was either a belated guest or guests, who joined the circle of the invited on the right, or a spectator, who had eluded or softened the police officer, and went to join the crowd of outsiders on the left.

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Winter, a bad guest, sitteth with me at home; blue are my hands with his friendly hand-shaking.

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One day, just before I ate midday dinner, after my morning's writing was done, when I had no guest, I took a cocktail by myself.

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Stephen Guest said at the anniversary dinner (he hits these things off wonderfully, considering he's seen nothing of business).

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A chair and plate for Hepzibah,--the same for Phoebe,--but what other guest did her cousin look for?

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Return here in five minutes' time, in case you are wanted; and show my guest, Peter, that I am right in believing you to be a good nurse as well as a good servant."

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The person whom he had now encountered was the physician, Doctor Clarke, the duties of whose sad profession had led him to the Province House, where he was an infrequent guest in more prosperous times.