guest
part of speech
noun (guest, guests)
meaning for a pupil
1) A guest is a person who is invited to your home, to a party or to an event. tree →
2) A guest is also a person staying at a hotel. tree →
3) A guest on a show is a visitor who comes to talk or perform. tree →
4) «Be my guest» means «go ahead, help yourself». tree →
sense in the lessons
People counted at a party, often to share food or seats among them. In everyday life and manners: greet your guests, offer them a drink, say thank you when you are a guest. In stories: a surprise guest arrives. Phrases: «guest room», «special guest», «guest list», «be my guest».
examples
- 24 guests came to the party. tree →
- Each guest gets 2 slices of cake. tree →
- Tables seat 6 guests each. tree →
- 5 more guests arrived late. tree →
- We had a guest speaker at school today. tree →
- Grandpa sleeps in the guest room when he visits. tree →
- The hotel has 80 guests this weekend. tree →
- A good guest says thank you before going home. tree →
- And who were these distinguished guests? tree →
note
Guests are the number of people; «each guest gets» means multiply, «guests per table» means divide (and round up for tables). Trap: remember to count the host if the question says so. Do not confuse with «guessed» (past of guess), which sounds the same.
In the corpora
- Hopes are not news: "a special guest" at assembly does not mean the singer everybody wants.
- The guests go home with pockets full of treats for their little brothers and sisters.
- Then he heaves a long, long sigh, flattens his hair down neatly, and goes quietly downstairs to his guests.
- "Powder room" means a small toilet for guests in a house, mostly in the US.
- "Plus-one" means the guest or partner you are allowed to bring to an event.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «guest» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.