host

A2 Topic:People & Society

US /hoʊst/ UK /həʊst/ See IPA manual

Homophones

hoast /hoʊst/

Freq #3439

Meanings

1

noun
A person who invites and looks after guests.

A good host is always considerate of the guest's needs.
2

verb
To act as the host of an event or for guests.

Our company will host the annual conference this year.
3

noun
A person who introduces and runs a show or programme.

The host welcomed the audience and introduced the first act.
4

noun
An animal or plant that another organism, such as a parasite, lives in or on.

Viruses depend on the host they infect in order to reproduce.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

3 noun · a person who introduces and... presenter

Word family

Forms hostedhostinghosts

Derived forms co-hostcohostdehostgraft-versus-hosthostablehosteehostelhosterhostesshostlesshostmaskhostmaster

Related forms compereevent guest hospitable hospital hospitality hostage hotel

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Phrases (4)

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host a party
be the organizer and main provider of a social event

Verb + noun
host a show
present or compere a television or live show

Verb + noun
host country
a country that holds an international event or houses an international body

Adjective + noun
intermediate host
an organism in which a parasite develops during part of its life cycle

Adjective + noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis Proto-Italic *hostipotis Latin hospes Old French ostebor. Middle English hoste English host From Middle English hoste, from Old French oste (French: hôte), from Latin hospitem, accusative of hospes (“a host, also a sojourner, visitor, guest; hence, a foreigner, a stranger”), from *hostipotis, an old compound of hostis and the root of potis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis (“master of guests”), from *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, enemy”) and *pótis (“owner, master, host, husband”). Used in…

hoste Middle English oste Old French hospitem Latin *gʰóstipotis Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

People & Society Biology & Genetics

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# host

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /hoʊst/
**IPA (UK):** /həʊst/
**Frequency rank:** 3439

## Meanings
1. A person who invites and looks after guests.
2. To act as the host of an event or for guests.
3. A person who introduces and runs a show or programme.
4. An animal or plant that another organism, such as a parasite, lives in or on.

## Examples
- A good host is always considerate of the guest's needs.
- Our company will host the annual conference this year.
- The host welcomed the audience and introduced the first act.
- Viruses depend on the host they infect in order to reproduce.

## Derived Forms
- co-host
- cohost
- dehost
- graft-versus-host
- hostable
- hostee
- hostel
- hoster
- hostess
- hostless
- hostmask
- hostmaster

## Related Forms
- compere
- event
- guest
- hospitable
- hospital
- hospitality
- hostage
- hotel

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hoste
- Root: oste
- Root: hospitem
- Root: *gʰóstipotis

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis Proto-Italic *hostipotis Latin hospes Old French ostebor. Middle English hoste English host From Middle English hoste, from Old French oste (French: hôte), from Latin hospitem, accusative of hospes (“a host, also a sojourner, visitor, guest; hence, a foreigner, a stranger”), from *hostipotis, an old compound of hostis and the root of potis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis (“master of guests”), from *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, enemy”) and *pótis (“owner, master, host, husband”). Used in…

## AI Etymology
Host comes from Middle English hoste, from Old French oste (French: hôte), from Latin hospitem, accusative of hospes (“a host, also a sojourner, visitor, guest; hence, a foreigner, a stranger”), from *hostipotis, an old compound of hostis and the root of potis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis (“master of guests”), from *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, enemy”) and *pótis (“owner, master, host, husband”). The historical chain runs through Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis, Proto-Indo-European *pótis, Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis, Proto-Italic *hostipotis, Latin hospes, Old French oste, Middle English hoste, and English host. In current use, the main senses are “A person who invites and looks after guests” and “To act as the host of an event or for guests”.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Biology & Genetics

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