host

host
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noun
1 person who receives and entertains visitors
ADJECTIVE
▪ 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 show
ADJECTIVE
▪ chat-show (BrE), game-show, radio, talk-show, television, TV
▪

The event will be opened by television host Bill Punter.

▪ guest
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verb
ADVERB
▪ 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

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  • Host — (h[=o]st), n. [OE. host, ost, OF. host, ost, fr. L. hostis enemy, LL., army. See {Guest}, and cf. {Host} a landlord.] 1. An army; a number of men gathered for war. [1913 Webster] A host so great as covered all the field. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Host — [hoʊst] (englisch „Wirt“, „Gastgeber“) steht für: Host (Datenbankanbieter), Computer, der im Internet Datenbanken zur Verfügung stellt Host (Informationstechnik), Computer, der Dienste in einem Rechnernetz zur Verfügung stellt ein Gerät mit IP… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Host — (h[=o]st), n. [OE. host, ost, OF. hoste, oste, F. h[^o]te, from L. hospes a stranger who is treated as a guest, he who treats another as his guest, a hostl prob. fr. hostis stranger, enemy (akin to E. guest a visitor) + potis able; akin to Skr.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Höst — Høst ist der Name von Gerd Høst Heyerdahl (1915−2007), norwegische Schauspielerin, Schriftstellerin und Professorin für Germanistik Jens Kragh Høst (1772−1844), dänischer Jurist, Historiker und Übersetzer …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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