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guests

/ɡɛsts/

guests is the plural of guest.

guests is the third-person singular simple present indicative of guest.

Meaning of guest

Noun

guest (plural guests)

  1. A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
    • The guests were let in by the butler.
  2. A patron or customer in a hotel etc.
    • Guests must vacate their rooms by 10 o'clock on their day of departure.
  3. An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.
    • special guest
  4. A user given temporary access to a system despite not having an account of their own.
  5. Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite.
  6. An inquiline.

See all 13 meanings of guest

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Words that rhyme with guests

Questions about guests

What is guests the plural of?
Guests is the plural of guest.
How do you pronounce guests?
Guests is pronounced /ɡɛsts/.

Words near guests in the dictionary

  1. guestmasters
  2. guestmeal
  3. guestmeals
  4. guestroom
  5. guestrooms
  6. guests
  7. guests of Her Majesty
  8. guests of honor
  9. guests of honour
  10. guestship
  11. Guestwick

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