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“guest” in American English

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guest noun [ C ]
us ​ /ɡest/

› a person who is staying with you in your home, or a person whom you have invited to a social occasion, such as a party or a meal:

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› A person who is staying in a hotel is also called a guest.

› If you are someone’s guest, that person is paying for you:

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(Definition of “guest” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

English

“guest” in English

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guest noun [ C ]
uk ​ /ɡest/ us ​ /ɡest/

A2 a person who is staying with you, or a person you have invited to a social occasion, such as a party or a meal:

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We have guests staying this weekend.
Is he on the guest list?
UK He is a paying guest (= he pays for the use of a room in someone's home).

A2 a person who is staying in a hotel:

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B2 a person, such as an entertainer, who has been invited to appear on a television or radio programme or in a performance:

Our special guest on the programme tonight is Robert de Niro.
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Simon Rattle will be the guest conductor with the London Symphony Orchestra.

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Idiom(s)

be my guest!
guest verb [ I ]
uk ​ /ɡest/ us ​ /ɡest/

(Definition of “guest” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples

Examples of “guest”

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They drink pure water, mead or milk and show their guests 'all the humanity they can'.
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Upon the dais stood in normal circumstances the table for the master of the college, senior fellows, fellow commoners, and important guests.
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As the door shuts behind them, in come the legitimate husband and his guests, bargaining for more hospitality than they are to find.
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The table for the guests was placed in another room.
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At night, the screens were removed and arrangements were made for guests to sleep.
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An elaborate description follows of a domestic setting, where the wife serves the food she has cooked personally to their guests.
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The paper has five sections, which examine spatial issues associated with eating, housework, physical limitations, overnight guests, and finally, leisure, layout and personalisation.
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At least 76 of the hotel's guests and 40 hotel employees had acute gastroenteritis during this period.
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Likewise, because some guests may not have reported their illness, we may have underestimated the attack rate among guests.
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Twenty-eight specimens were from symptomatic guests and 55 samples from kitchen staff.
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Accommodation rooms were cleaned and disinfected one section at a time, and new guests were accommodated in the cleaned sections.
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Most guests were elderly people, who usually stayed for treatment 1-3 weeks.
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More than 300 guests and staff members became ill during the outbreak.
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After the guests' departure from the third camp the establishment was shut down and cleaned professionally before reopening.
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We would argue that additionally, the white guests on such programmes commonly adopt blackoriginated colloquialisms and patterns of speech.
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Collocations with “guest”

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celebrity guest
A celebrity guest connected to the theme is occasionally invited onto the show.
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Wikipedia
 
distinguished guest
A most distinguished guest opened the festival.
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entertaining guests
The activities that took place in it related to all areas of life: resting, cooking, eating and entertaining guests.
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