Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)To appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast.

    gastieren

    гости́тьgostítʹ, быть в гостя́хbytʹ v gostjáx

  2. (intransitive)As a musician: to play as a guest, providing an instrument that a band/orchestra does not normally have in its line up (for instance, percussion in a string band).

  3. (obsolete, transitive)To receive or entertain hospitably.

Examples

913 sentences
  1. We're having some guests over this evening.

    Цього вечора у нас будуть гості. — deniko

    deWir haben heute Abend ein paar Gäste. — Espi

  2. Tom is a guest in our home.

    Том гість у нашому домі. — deniko

  3. I plan to invite a lot of guests to the opening ceremony.

    Планую запросити багатьох гостей на церемонію відкриття. — brambury

    ruЯ планирую пригласить много гостей на церемонию открытия. — odexed

  4. Tom is our guest.

    Том — наш гість. — deniko

    ruТом - наш гость. — Hayabusa

    deTom ist unserer Gast. — mairyu

  5. Tom is a guest.

    Том гість. — deniko

    ruТом - гость. — marafon

    deTom ist ein Gast. — christian42

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to appear as a guest:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to appear as a guest:

Origin

From Middle English gest, from Old Norse gestr, which replaced or was merged with Old Engl

From Middle English gest, from Old Norse gestr, which replaced or was merged with Old English ġiest, both from Proto-Germanic *gastiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, host, someone with whom one has reciprocal duties of hospitality”). Doublet of host, from Latin.

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Forms

guests, guesting, guested, guested
Base formguest · to guest
3rd person singularguests
Present participleguesting
Past simpleguested
Past participleguested

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyguest
he, she, itguests

Past simpleLesson

all personsguested

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave guested
he, she, ithas guested

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill guest

Word family

31 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • the guest room
  • guest room
  • the guest list
  • how many guests
  • is our guest
  • guest list
  • all the guests
  • our guests are
  • guests tonight
  • many guests
  • have a guest
  • on the guest

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
guest — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto