guest
/ɡest/
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Translation
A person you invite to your home or an event, or someone who stays at a hotel.
Word origin
From Old Norse gestr, the Germanic word for a visitor or stranger.
- Origin
- Old Norse
- Root
- gestr
Grammar
Gender
Pluralguests
Examples
tonight.
"Guest" is the person who is visiting us.
seven.
"Guests" is the plural, meaning more than one guest.
welcomes warmly.
Here "guests" are the people staying at the hotel.
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