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guest

noun

ˈgest

Definition of guest

as in visitor

a person who visits another invited the afternoon guests to stay for dinner

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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 The band had already been in talks with the more pyrotechnically minded Joe Walsh for months, slowly bringing him into the flock with a guest spot at Wembley Stadium. — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026 Thompson served as a guest judge that season while Cowell, who underwent a six-hour surgery that included the placement of a metal rod in his back, recovered. — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026 The lineup consists of all female acts, including Rodrigo, Chappell Roan, Doechii, The Breeders and special guests like Stevie Nicks. — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 29 Aug. 2026 Bob Bob Ricard’s even-colder version has become a bestseller, delivered to guests with white-glove service up to 300 times a week. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for guest

Recent Examples of Synonyms for guest

Noun

The region is popular for tourism, trekking, and religious pilgrimage to temples and sacred sites revered across multiple faiths – all of which draw large numbers of visitors during summer and early fall.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
At least one misconfigured site is directing visitors, human or AI, to live malware.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of visitor

Noun

The platform links brand clients with filmmakers around the world to turn advertising messages into standalone films with real narrative ambition, rather than conventional commercials.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
The two economies have deepened ties, particularly as Korean chip giants have become central to the global AI boom, with Nvidia as their most important client.

— Lisa Kim, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of client

Noun

Anthropic has seen incredible traction with enterprise customers, and there figures to be considerable overlap between the companies' customer bases.

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
The announcement also did not identify prospective brand customers or say where the chip supplied to Shenghong will be produced.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of customer

Noun

To date, patrons of the Central Arkansas Library System have submitted reconsideration requests only rarely.

— Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2026
After Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos served as lead sponsors and honorary chairs of the 2026 Met Gala, multiple sources say Wintour had hoped the couple might return as major patrons in 2027.

— Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of patron

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