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Guests

/ɡɛsts/

A recipient of hospitality, specifically someone staying by invitation at the house of another.

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📖 Definitions of "Guests"

noun

1
A recipient of hospitality, specifically 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.
"The guest for the broadcast was a leading footballer."
4
A user given temporary access to a system despite not having an account of their own.

verb

1
To appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast
2
As a musician, to play as a guest, providing an instrument that a band/orchestra does not normally have in its line up (for instance, percussion in a string band)
3
To receive or entertain hospitably.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Guests"

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Word	Definition
visitingnoun	The act of someone or something that visits.
inviteenoun	A person who is invited.
clientnoun	A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
impermanent	not permanent; unperpetual.
temporarynoun	One serving for a limited time; a short-term employee, especially in an office.
nodenoun	(networking) A computer or other device attached to a network.
attendeesnoun	A person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event.
bankernoun	One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.
boardersnoun	A pupil who lives at school during term time.
businessmannoun	A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.
businessmennoun	the body of individuals who manage businesses
clientelenoun	The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits; a group of specific clients collectively.
clientsnoun	A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
customersnoun	A patron, a client; a person or company who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.
delegationnoun	An act of delegating.
delegationsnoun	An act of delegating.
dignitariesnoun	An important or influential person, or one of high rank or position.
dinersnoun	(US) A typically small restaurant, historically modeled after a railroad dining car, that serves lower-class fare, normally having a counter with stools along one side and booths on the other.
dioufnoun	—
discussantsnoun	Someone involved in a discussion, especially a participant in a formal discussion or who has been assigned a particular role or topic.