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GUEST
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Irregular inflected form: guest
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("guest" is a kind of...):
computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Holonyms ("guest" is a part of...):
computer network ((computer science) a network of computers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A visitor to whom hospitality is extended
Synonyms:
guest; invitee
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("guest" is a kind of...):
visitant; visitor (someone who visits)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guest"):
guest of honor (the person in whose honor a gathering is held)
house guest; houseguest (a guest entertained in your house)
wedding guest (a guest at a wedding)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("guest" is a kind of...):
client; customer (someone who pays for goods or services)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guest"):
no-show (a guest who fails to notify a hotel or restaurant when canceling a reservation)
overnighter (a guest who stays overnight)
Sense 4
Meaning:
United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959)
Synonyms:
Edgar Albert Guest; Edgar Guest; Guest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
journalist (a writer for newspapers and magazines)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb guest
Context examples:
There were other guests—all iced for the occasion, as it struck me, like the wine.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Then he ran after him with the knife still in his hand, crying: “Just one, just one,” meaning that the guest should leave him just one chicken, and not take both.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
“Nay, it would ill become me to cast a slur upon a lady who is both my guest and the wife of my comrade-in-arms,” said the Seneschal of Villefranche.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I protested but he insisted:—"Nay, sir, you are my guest. It is late, and my people are not available. Let me see to your comfort myself."
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
The consideration of Mrs. Dennison's mistake, in supposing his sisters their guests, had suggested the propriety of their being really invited to become such, while Mrs. Jennings's engagements kept her from home.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
“Why did you compare them, Guest?” he inquired suddenly.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“I am happy you approved,” said Emma, smiling; “but I hope I am not often deficient in what is due to guests at Hartfield.”
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Mrs. Bennet, all amazement, though flattered by having a guest of such high importance, received her with the utmost politeness.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
In the meantime you shall all be treated as my guests, and while you live in the Palace my people will wait upon you and obey your slightest wish.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
And that was all we could learn of our guest.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
