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# guest

noun (guest, guests)

«guest» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A guest is a person who is invited to your home, to a party or to an event. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guest/#m1)
2. A guest is also a person staying at a hotel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guest/#m2)
3. A guest on a show is a visitor who comes to talk or perform. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guest/#m3)
4. «Be my guest» means «go ahead, help yourself». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guest/#m4)

### In the lessons

People counted at a party, often to share food or seats among them. In everyday life and manners: greet your guests, offer them a drink, say thank you when you are a guest. In stories: a surprise guest arrives. Phrases: «guest room», «special guest», «guest list», «be my guest».

### Examples

- 24 guests came to the party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guest/#x1)
- Each guest gets 2 slices of cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guest/#x2)
- Tables seat 6 guests each. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guest/#x3)
- 5 more guests arrived late. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guest/#x4)
- We had a guest speaker at school today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guest/#x5)
- Grandpa sleeps in the guest room when he visits. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guest/#x6)
- The hotel has 80 guests this weekend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guest/#x7)
- A good guest says thank you before going home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guest/#x8)
- And who were these distinguished guests? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guest/#x9)

### Note

Guests are the number of people; «each guest gets» means multiply, «guests per table» means divide (and round up for tables). Trap: remember to count the host if the question says so. Do not confuse with «guessed» (past of guess), which sounds the same.

## In Jewish tradition

A person invited to a meal. In Proverbs the guests are those lured to the house of the foolish woman.

**Interpretation.** Welcoming guests (hachnasat orchim) is a great mitzvah, modeled on Abraham. Proverbs' "guests in the depths" warns against tempting but deadly folly.

### Examples

- And all the guests of Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. (Prophets 1KI.1.49, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/guest/#x1)
- But he knoweth not that the shades are there; that her guests are in the depths of the nether-world. (Writings PRO.9.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/guest/#x2)
- And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. (Prophets 1KI.1.41, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/guest/#x3)

### Note

Guests are the number of people; «each guest gets» means multiply, «guests per table» means divide (and round up for tables). Trap: remember to count the host if the question says so. Do not confuse with «guessed» (past of guess), which sounds the same.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «guest» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guest/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«guest» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/guest.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «guest» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/guest/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«guest» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/guest.html) on Mova free.