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Meaning host meaning

What does host mean?
Definitions in simple English

host Noun

— A host is a person or animal who makes a place for others and usually provides food and drink. The host of the party was so busy, she didn't have time to eat. Some insects lay their eggs in a living host, which is eaten when the eggs hatch.

host Verb

— If you host a party or event, you make a place for it and you help to organise it. Germany hosted the 2006 World Cup of Soccer.

host

— noun a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there — noun (= horde) a vast multitude — noun an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association — noun a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers) — noun archaic terms for army — noun any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games — noun (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor — noun the owner or manager of an inn — verb be the host of or for We hosted 4 couples last night — noun (= server) (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network

Host

— noun a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion

Synonyms host synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as host?

host English » English

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Host English » English

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Topics host topics

What do people use host to talk about?
Social behavior Social activity Come together, form a group

Visit
Social behavior Social activity Come together, form a group

Crowd, group
Social behavior Conflict War

Military organization
Daily life Food Eat

Feast
States Quantity Plural

Many, much

Conjugation host conjugation

How do you conjugate host?

host · verb

Examples host examples

How do I use host in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The bottles of beer that I brought to the party were redundant; the host's family owned a brewery.
My host family often advises me.
The party ended with a speech by the host.
Who will host the party?
A host of friends came to see me off.
Spain is the host country for the Olympics in 1992.
When you don't know what to do, ask the host.
He played an excellent host at today's party.
I want to thank my host family.
The host showed off his rare stamps to all his guests.
Our host offered us a drink.
An exclusively behavioral approach to psychology ignores family problems, school situations, and a host of other issues that can adversely affect a child's emotional and psychological growth.
He had reckoned without his host.
He thanked the host for the very enjoyable party.
We are faced with a host of problems.
My host family gave me a hearty welcome.
The host cut the turkey for the guests.
A guest should not try to make himself superior to the host.
Russia will be the host of the World Cup in 2018.
Tom is a popular radio host.

Movie subtitles

Down below were stowed a host of exotic animals.
I must be referred to as the host.
It's right. - I'm the host.
What's worse is that the host for that Soul Wheel event just cancelled, so now I have to hype up all the fitness freaks.
Ysabel and her mother. countess Prosca, host a charity bazaar.
It will be remembered that the host of last year's gala event was Chet Trask, who was later voted. the most popular man in college.
The profanation of the Host.
He's a good host and a good scholar, eh, Count?
You are our host.
Either we can surrender to an epidemic of crime and violence which will destroy our homes and our community, or we can give warning to the host of other gangsters and murderers that they are through.
The host of our Lord shall fall upon Islam like a mighty wave of the sea.
And here's to my charming host and my very lovely hostess.
My last host of the road dropped me about 1 0 miles back.
You are such a charming host.
The virus being carried by the micro-drones will be released on the humans below. It will proliferate even as it forces its host to evolve.
A thorough host, aren't you?
The only A.D. in the Strand Chamber is.. Is your host, Sir Alan Dearden.
General, we're being insulted. Our genial host is actually anxious for us to go home.
Sir Robin, permit me to present to you your host, Sir Guy of Gisbourne and our noble guests.
Some of you might think our host intended this treasure for the coffers of Prince John instead of to ransom the king. And you would be right.
Take six men and guide our loyal host and his nervous friend to the Nottingham Road.
I is a stickler for convention I'm not in the habit of breaking bread with my host. on the eve of persecuting him.
Ordering me out from under the roof of my host is grounds for a very, nasty, little lawsuit.
Oh, mine host!
I can't steal the wife of a host who says I'm his friend and shakes my hand, without giving him an explanation.
The whole world's political and business VIPs will be present. It's a dinner organized by the Royal Family, how can the host not go after inviting guests over?
Do you think you're being a very good host?
Perfect host.
Where's our charming host?
Jim, you're a wonderful host and we all had a wonderful time.
Why didn't you wake me up? After all, I was the host.
Sir Robin, permit me to present to you your host, Sir Guy of Gisbourne.
Some of you might think our host.. intendedthistreasure for the coffers of Prince John.. insteadofto ransomthe king.
Take six men and guide our loyal host and his nervous friend. -. totheNottinghamRoad.
I can't run off with the wife of a host who calls me friend and shakes my hand without an explanation.
That's the one privilege I claim as the host. What will you be?
I feel I can afford to play host.
Mine host, two more of the same.

News and current affairs

The Maldives and a host of Pacific Island states will disappear: our twenty-first-century Atlantis.
A host of problems remain unresolved: relations between Serbia and Montenegro and the status of Kosovo (not to mention Serbia's northern province of Vojvodina).
These attacks overlooked the fact that the directive makes employment conditions of workers from other EU-member states subject in most respects to host-country rules.
Then, in July, the UK will host the annual G-8 Summit of the rich countries.
The host French, who currently hold the EU Presidency, have listed 50 policy areas where majority voting might be possible.
But if large numbers of a host - say, birds - encounter a great number of people, eventually the virus will find a way to prosper in a new type of cell.
Once upon a time, such contracts were enforced by armed intervention, as Mexico, Venezuela, Egypt, and a host of other countries learned at great cost in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
But the host of the celebration, Russia, in the guise of the Soviet Union, itself caused the war - the bloodiest in European history - whose end is being commemorated.
Instead, the EU made a bad deal a lot costlier through a host of partly contradictory policies.
One way to curtail this problem is to delay full integration of immigrants into the welfare system of a host country for a few years-a reform advocated by the Scientific Advisory Committee to Germany's Federal Finance Ministry.
Immigrants could come and work, pay taxes and social contributions, and gain free access to the public goods of the host country.
Host regulators are increasingly nervous about banks that operate in their jurisdictions through branches of their corporate parent, without local capital or a local board of directors.
At the same time, while the Wolfowitz scandal unfolded, China was playing host to the Africa Development Bank (ADB), which held its Board meeting in Shanghai.
The government employs a host of new legal regulations, a shadowy internet police force, and a powerful hardware-based national information filtering system.
NEW YORK - The campaign to ensure that companies engaged in extractive activities disclose all of their payments in their host countries is gaining momentum - and France is leading the effort.
Littered with a host of extremely sensitive anniversaries, 2009 could prove even more dramatic and unpredictable than 2008.
Later, he ordered Sarah Elmesallati, the host of the ceremony at which power was transferred to the GNC, to leave the stage halfway through her presentation because she was not wearing a headscarf.
In the case of inward FDI, protectionism involves new official measures that are used to prevent or discourage investors from coming to or staying in a host country.
Even the Bank of England has asked whether, given the cost of mopping up the mess caused by the latest crisis, it is worth playing host to a global financial market.
When their initial gathering ends, they will host their counterparts from across the region, including US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Asian leaders already hold such talks annually at the East Asia Summit, an important initiative that brings together India and China, with ASEAN as host.
ASEAN is likely to host a still-wider grouping that includes Russia and the US, though the precise framework is still being debated.

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