word-vault/dist/data/cards/gu/guest.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "guest",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person that you have invited to your house or to a particular event that you are paying for",
            "sensetop": "as a guest",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They only use the dining room when they have guests."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had invited six guests to dinner."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She felt that she had to entertain her guests."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were more than 100 wedding guests."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I went to the theatre club as Helen's guest.",
                    "contextForm": "as a guest"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was the **guest of honour** *(= the most important person invited to an event)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Liz was not on the **guest list**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have guests staying this weekend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She tactfully discouraged their uninvited guests from staying longer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was treated as an honoured guest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The banquet was attended by 200 guests."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The best man and his assistants welcomed the reception guests as they arrived."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The best man welcomed the wedding guests as they arrived."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were made to feel like unwanted guests in the country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When we have guests, they usually sleep in the study."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You are always a welcome guest in our house."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You're the guest—you can choose what we watch."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He did his best to make the guests feel at home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was the ideal dinner party guest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How many guests are coming tonight?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I got the feeling that this guest was particularly unwelcome."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had invited over 100 guests."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some of the wedding guests were staying in the hotel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The guests gathered for dinner on the terrace."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their names were not on the guest list."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["house", "honoured/​honored", "welcome"],
                "verb + guest": ["be", "have", "invite"],
                "guest + noun": ["bathroom", "bed", "bedroom"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person who is staying at a hotel, etc.",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We have accommodation for 500 guests."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Guests should vacate their rooms by 10.30 a.m."
                },
                {
                    "text": "guests at the Grand Hotel"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Holidays"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["hotel", "frequent", "regular"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a customer in a restaurant",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Restaurant guests can enjoy superb views across the bay as they dine."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a famous person or performer who takes part in a television show, concert or other entertainment",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **guest star/artist**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our **special guest** tonight is…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He **made a guest appearance** on the show."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Guest artists from all over Europe will take part in the concert."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Movie star Emma Stone is one of the special guests on tonight's show."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our next guest is a bona fide television star."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She made a rare guest appearance on the programme."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["special", "featured", "mystery"],
                "guest + noun": ["star", "artist", "conductor"],
                "phrases": ["our next guest"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a person who is invited to a particular place or organization, or to speak at a meeting",
            "sensetop": "as a guest",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **guest speaker**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The scientists are here as guests of our government.",
                    "contextForm": "as a guest"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The athlete was chief guest at the schools sports day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Li was there as the guest of the President."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My father was the guest of honour at the dinner."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["distinguished", "important", "chief"],
                "verb + guest": ["greet", "welcome", "accommodate"],
                "guest + verb": ["arrive", "attend something"],
                "guest + noun": ["book", "list"],
                "phrases": ["a guest of honour/​honor", "somebody’s personal guest"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to give somebody permission to do something that they have asked to do",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Do you mind if I open the window?’ ‘Be my guest.’"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡest/",
                "audio": "gu/guest/guest__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡest/",
                "audio": "gu/guest/guest__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "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’)."
}