Guest Invited Person ɡest Wedding Staying Dinner I

• they only use the dining room when they have guests.
• she had invited six guests to dinner.
• she felt that she had to entertain her guests.
• there were more than 100 wedding guests.

guest

1. a person that you have invited to your house or to a particular event that you are paying for
• SEE ALSO house guest
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• They only use the dining room when they have guests.
• She had invited six guests to dinner.
• She felt that she had to entertain her guests.
• There were more than 100 wedding guests.
• I went to the theatre club as Helen's guest.
• He was the guest of honour (= the most important person invited to an event).
• Liz was not on the guest list.

Extra Examples

• We have guests staying this weekend.
• She tactfully discouraged their uninvited guests from staying longer.
• She was treated as an honoured guest.
• The banquet was attended by 200 guests.
• The best man and his assistants welcomed the reception guests as they arrived.
• The best man welcomed the wedding guests as they arrived.
• The refugees were made to feel like unwanted guests in the country.
• When we have guests, they usually sleep in the study.
• You are always a welcome guest in our house.
• You're the guest—you can choose what we watch.
• He did his best to make the guests feel at home.
• He was the ideal dinner party guest.
• How many guests are coming tonight?
• I got the feeling that this guest was particularly unwelcome.
• She had invited over 100 guests.
• Some of the wedding guests were staying in the hotel.
• The guests gathered for dinner on the terrace.
• Their names were not on the guest list.
2. a person who is staying at a hotel, etc.
• SEE ALSO paying guest
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/paying-guest
• We have accommodation for 500 guests.
• Guests should vacate their rooms by 10.30 a.m.
• guests at the Grand Hotel
3. a customer in a restaurant
• Restaurant guests can enjoy suberb views across the bay as they dine.
4. a famous person or performer who takes part in a television show, concert or other entertainment
• a guest star/artist
• Our special guest tonight is…
• He made a guest appearance on the show.

Extra Examples

• Guest artists from all over Europe will take part in the concert.
• Movie star Matt Damon is one of the special guests on tonight's show.
• Our next guest is a bona fide television star.
• She made a rare guest appearance on the programme.
5. a person who is invited to a particular place or organization, or to speak at a meeting
• a guest speaker
• The scientists are here as guests of our government.

Extra Examples

• The athlete was chief guest at the schools sports day.
• Li was there as the guest of the President.
• My father was the guest of honour at the dinner.
6. used to give somebody permission to do something that they have asked to do
• ‘Do you mind if I open the window?’ ‘Be my guest.’

Word 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’).