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How to pronounce guest
Say it like this: /ˈɡɛst/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does guest mean?
nounA recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
“The guests were let in by the butler.”
A patron or customer in a hotel etc.
“Guests must vacate their rooms by 10 o'clock on their day of departure.”
An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.
“The guest for the broadcast was a leading footballer.”
verbTo appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast.
“Jimmy Fallon’s Trump impression struggled to match up to the real thing when Trump guested on his show.”
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).
To receive or entertain hospitably.
“Two Angels sent Two Heav'nly Scowts the Lord to Sodom sent ; downe , received and guested”
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