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[ɡɛst], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a person who is invited to visit someone's home or attend a particular social occasion
(e.g: I have two guests coming to dinner tonight)
- a person staying at a hotel or guest house
(e.g: a reduction for guests staying seven nights or more)
- a small invertebrate that lives unharmed within an ants' nest
Phrases:
- be my guest
- guest of honour
Origin
:
Middle English: from Old Norse gestr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gast and German Gast, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin hostis ‘enemy’ (originally ‘stranger’)
[ɡɛst], (Verb)
Definitions:
- appear as a temporary or visiting performer or participant in a television or radio programme or other entertainment
(e.g: he guested on the show two weeks ago)
Phrases:
- be my guest
- guest of honour
Origin
:
Middle English: from Old Norse gestr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gast and German Gast, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin hostis ‘enemy’ (originally ‘stranger’)
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