guest

guest
noun
1 person that you invite to your home
ADJECTIVE
▪ house
▪ honoured/honored, welcome
▪

She was treated as an honoured/honored guest.

▪

You are always a welcome guest in our house.

▪ surprise, unexpected, uninvited
▪

She tactfully discouraged their uninvited guests from staying longer.

▪ unwanted, unwelcome
▪

The refugees were made to feel like unwanted guests in the country.

▪ invited
▪ overnight
VERB + GUEST
▪ be
▪

You're the guest—you can choose what we watch.

▪ have
▪

When we have guests, they usually sleep in the study.

▪ invite
▪

She had invited six guests.

▪ entertain
▪

She felt that she had to entertain her guests.

▪ receive
GUEST + NOUN
▪ bathroom, bed, bedroom, house (= a building where guests stay) (AmE), room, suite
2 person invited to an event
ADJECTIVE
▪ distinguished, important
▪ chief (esp. BrE)
▪

The athlete was chief guest at the schools sports day.

▪ dinner, party, wedding
▪

The best man welcomed the wedding guests as they arrived.

VERB + GUEST
▪ greet, welcome
▪ accommodate, seat
▪ have, host
▪ serve
▪ bring
GUEST + VERB
▪ arrive
▪ attend sth
▪

The banquet was attended by 200 guests.

GUEST + NOUN
▪ book, list
PHRASES
▪ a guest of honour/honor, sb's personal guest
3 person who is staying at a hotel
ADJECTIVE
▪ hotel
▪ frequent, regular
▪ occasional
▪ new
▪ out-of-town (AmE)
4 at a public event/on a radio or television show
ADJECTIVE
▪ special
▪

Movie star Matt Damon is one of the special guests on tonight's show.

▪ featured
▪ mystery
▪ musical
GUEST + NOUN
▪ star
▪ artist, conductor, vocalist
▪

Guest artists from all over Europe will take part in the concert.

▪ lecturer, speaker
▪ appearance, shot (AmE)
▪

She made a rare guest appearance on the show.

▪ spot
PHRASES
▪ our next guest
▪

Our next guest is a bona fide television star.


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