entertain guests

Meaning

To provide food, drink, or amusement for people you have invited to your home or an event. It implies being a welcoming host and ensuring your visitors have an enjoyable time.

Examples

• My parents love to entertain guests on the weekends with home-cooked meals.

  My parents love to entertain guests on the weekends with home-cooked meals.

• We bought a larger dining table because we frequently entertain guests.

  We bought a larger dining table because we frequently entertain guests.

• She has a natural talent for entertaining guests and making everyone feel welcome.

  She has a natural talent for entertaining guests and making everyone feel welcome.

• While hosting the party, he spent most of his time entertaining guests in the garden.

  While hosting the party, he spent most of his time entertaining guests in the garden.

• It can be exhausting to entertain guests for an entire weekend.

  It can be exhausting to entertain guests for an entire weekend.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ We love to funny our guests with games.

  ✓ We love to entertain our guests with games.

  'Funny' is an adjective, not a verb. To keep visitors amused or happy, use the verb 'entertain'.

• ✗ She is busy entertaining her visits.

  ✓ She is busy entertaining her guests.

  'Visits' is the noun for the action of visiting. The people who visit are called 'guests' or 'visitors'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• They designed their living room specifically to make it easy to ___.

  💡 Provide hospitality and fun for visitors.

  Show answer

  entertain guests

• I need to clean the house before we ___ tonight.

  💡 Host people at our place.

  Show answer

  entertain guests