- host
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 person who receives and entertains visitorsADJECTIVE▪ charming (esp. BrE), generous, genial, good, gracious, perfect▪
George was a perfect host.
VERB + HOST▪ act as, play▪The town is playing host to a film crew.
HOST + NOUN▪ city, club (esp. BrE), community, country, family, government, nation, society, state▪The host club is to be congratulated on its organization of the tournament.
PREPOSITION▪ host to▪The park is host to a beautiful ornamental lake.
2 person who introduces a television or radio showADJECTIVE▪ chat-show (BrE), game-show, radio, talk-show, television, TV▪The event will be opened by television host Bill Punter.
▪ guest{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbADVERB▪ jointly▪The tournament is to be jointly hosted by India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
VERB + HOST▪ agree to, offer to▪ be keen to (BrE)▪The country is very keen to host the Winter Olympics in six years' time.
PHRASES▪ a bid to host sth▪the city's bid to host the Olympic Games in the year 2008
Host is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bash, ↑ceremony, ↑championship, ↑concert, ↑conference, ↑convention, ↑debate, ↑dinner, ↑evening, ↑event, ↑exhibit, ↑exhibition, ↑fair, ↑feast, ↑festival, ↑final, ↑forum, ↑gala, ↑game, ↑gathering, ↑guest, ↑luncheon, ↑meeting, ↑party, ↑premiere, ↑programme, ↑reception, ↑seminar, ↑show, ↑site, ↑summit, ↑talk, ↑tournament, ↑website, ↑workshop
Collocations dictionary. 2013.