guest in English dictionary

  • guest

    Meanings and definitions of "guest"

    • a recipient of hospitality, specifically someone staying by invitation at the house of another
    • a patron or customer in a hotel etc.
    • an invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast
    • (intransitive) to appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast
    • (intransitive) as a musician, to play as a guest, providing an instrument that a band/orchestra does not normally have in its line up (for instance, percussion in a string band)
    • noun
      A recipient of hospitality, specifically someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
    • noun
      A patron or customer in a hotel etc.
    • noun
      An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.
    • noun
      (zoology)
      Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite.
    • noun
      (zoology)
      An inquiline.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      to appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      as a musician, to play as a guest, providing an instrument that a band/orchestra does not normally have in its line up (for instance, percussion in a string band)
    • verb
      (transitive, obsolete)
      To receive or entertain hospitably.
    • recipient of hospitality
    • patron, customer
    • invited performer
    • to appear as a guest
    • A user who does not have a user account or who does not provide a password.
    • A person that visits and stays at a house, usually for one or more nights.
    • (to be a) guest
    • (hot springs resort) guest
    • noun
      a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.
    • noun
      a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
    • noun
      (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network

    Synonyms of "guest" in English dictionary

    computing machine, visitor, information processing system are the top synonyms of "guest" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of guest

    • guest ( third-person singular simple present guests, present participle guesting, simple past and past participle guested)
    • guest ( plural  guests)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza guest lm  liczba mnoga guests
    • guest (plural guests)
    • guest (third-person singular simple present guests, present participle guesting, simple past and past participle guested)
  • Guest

    Meanings and definitions of "guest"

    • proper
      A surname.
    • noun
      United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959)

    Synonyms of "guest" in English dictionary

    Edgar Guest, Edgar Albert Guest are the top synonyms of "guest" in the English thesaurus.

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