noun · A2

Guest

GEST/ɡest/

Invite someone to dinner or a wedding and they become your guest. Have guests, a guest list, guests of honour. A customer pays in a shop; a guest is welcomed. The host is the person who receives them. A guest house is a small hotel.

Meaning

A person you invite to your home or to an event.

Examples

“We had guests for dinner.”
“How many guests are coming on Saturday?”
“Please make our guests feel at home.”

Good to know

have / invite guests. Opposite role: host. Paying in a shop: customer.

Near in meaning

visitor

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