(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is someone who is visiting you or is at an event because you have invited them.
She was a ~ at the wedding...
Their ~s sipped drinks on the veranda.
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2.
A ~ is someone who visits a place or organization or appears on a radio or television show because they have been invited to do so.
...a frequent chat show ~...
Dr Gerald Jeffers is the ~ speaker...
They met when she made a ~ appearance in the hit TV show Minder.
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3.
A ~ is someone who is staying in a hotel.
I was the only hotel ~...
Hotels operate a collection service for their ~s from the airports.
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4.
If you say be my ~ to someone, you are giving them permission to do something.
If anybody wants to work on this, be my ~.
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