Meanings
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1
noun
A person who invites and looks after guests.
A good host is always considerate of the guest's needs.
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2
verb
To act as the host of an event or for guests.
Our company will host the annual conference this year.
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3
noun
A person who introduces and runs a show or programme.
The host welcomed the audience and introduced the first act.
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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.
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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…
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