Collocations for "guest"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "guest" in context.
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guest
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [hotel, house] guest
- a [special, royal, surprise] guest
- [gracious, ungrateful] guests
- have out-of-town guests
- have guests from out of town
- have guests [for, coming to] dinner
- am expecting guests
- am a [frequent, regular] guest (at, of, here)
- [discounts, special rates] for [regular] guests
- will have a special guest [today]
- [entertain, serve, seat] the guests
- [log in, register] as a guest
- guests are welcome
- we welcome guests
- is the guest of honor
- be my guest
- the guests have [arrived, left, settled in]
- the guests on [today's, tonight's] show are
- as a guest of the [president, ambassador, senator]
- guest services
- need a guest [pass, badge]
- [sign, check] the guest book
- at the guest house
- can [stay, sleep] in the guest room
- will have a guest [speaker, lecturer, presentation]
- guest reviews
- guest [login, registration]
- a guest appearance by
- will make a guest appearance (on)
- guest appointments are available
- accept guest walk ins
- a (special) guest star
- guested on (several) [shows, movies, episodes, albums]
- guested with them (on)
- guested with them on [several, many, a number of] occasions
- who guested [on, with]
- [frequently, often, previously] guested
- [frequently] guests on [the show, their albums]
- guested to [promote, plug, defend, talk about]
'guest' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
answer
- anticipation
- appearance
- badge
- bathroom
- bed
- bedroom
- book
- booking
- cancellation
- casual
- celebrity
- conference
- confine
- confused
- convention
- encore
- enjoyment
- every
- fire
- frequent
- hand
- honor
- hospitality
- house
- laundry
- lecturer
- leech
- mysterious
- mystery
- nursery
- present
- rating
- refill
- refrigerator
- regular
- room
- seminar
- slight
- speaker
- staircase
- star
- thankful
- toilet
- tour
- towel
- translate
- treatment
- unknown
- wandering