guest

1
as in visitor
a person who visits another invited the afternoon guests to stay for dinner

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2
as in client
a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business the headwaiter will seat the guests as soon as the waitress clears and sets a table for them

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Recent Examples of guest According to Wright, each town house would include three to four bedrooms, two-car garages and additional guest parking. Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 16 Mar. 2025 One thing guests can and should get for free around World Showcase is ice water, available anywhere dispensed sodas are sold. Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2025 For the first time since the COVID-19 era began, both Walt Disney World water parks will be open to guests at the same time. Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025 As the parents of two kids, the guest and their partner made sure to plan ahead. Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for guest
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Noun
  • Upstairs, visitors can dive into an immersive journey split across four rooms: dream, travel, feel and breeze, each showcasing an aspect of the Celine summer offering, which spans lifestyle, travel, sport and fragrances.
    Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Who should get another measles shot? Vaccination of visitors to areas affected by outbreaks should follow the same recommendations issued by health authorities for those areas, which are being published on the agency's website, the CDC told doctors.
    Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2025
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  • The acute need for companies with this level of in-depth warmth and empathy for their clients drives ITS to expand its horizon.
    William Mullane, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Divorce client sues her for $1.1 million Where does Sanchez-Medina say the money is?
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Quality control is highly inconsistent, and customer service can be…frustrating, to put it nicely.
    Francesca Krempa, StyleCaster, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Theater workers — who, like most service employees, have been wearily dealing with increasing amounts of customer incivility since the pandemic — have been fuming.
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
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  • Since many courses and clubs actually require patrons to wear collared shirts, spectators tend to follow this rule, too.
    Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2025
  • While patrons are free to wear shorts, beyond the ropes where players and coaches can be, full-length pants are required.
    Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025

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“Guest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guest. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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