guest
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
gehstIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɡɛst
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.
A patron or customer in a hotel etc.
A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.
A visitor to any of the Disney theme parks
verb
intransitive
To appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.
Used this way, guest is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use guest
- “Our special guest arrived promptly at the party.”noun
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