host
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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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 English since 13th century.
Inflected forms:
form: hosts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hoast
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: hosts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hosting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: hosted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: hosted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: hoast
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
pos: noun
examples: A good host is always considerate of the guest’s needs.
Time is like a fashionable host, / That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.
gloss: One that provides a facility for an event.
pos: noun
gloss: A person or organization responsible for running an event.
pos: noun
examples: Our company is host of the annual conference this year.
gloss: A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
pos: noun
examples: The host was terrible, but the acts themselves were good.
gloss: The primary member of a system, typically the member who fronts most often.
pos: noun
gloss: Any computer attached to a network.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
gloss: A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
pos: noun
examples: Viruses depend on the host that they infect in order to be able to reproduce.
A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
gloss: An organism bearing certain genetic material, with respect to its cells.
pos: noun
examples: The so-called junk DNA is known, so far, to provide no apparent benefit to its host.
gloss: A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.
pos: noun
gloss: To perform the role of a host.
pos: verb
examples: Our company will host the annual conference this year.
I was terrible at hosting that show.
I’ll be hosting tonight. I hope I’m not terrible.
I am quite impressed with the December 10th issue in which it hosted the article by Nancy Langer, "Different Abilities, the Same Queer Pleasures."
Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.
gloss: To lodge at an inn.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
examples: Where you shall host.
gloss: To run software made available to a remote user or process.
pos: verb
tags: Internet
examples: Kremvax hosts a variety of services.
CMU/TEK TCP/IP software uses an excessive amount of cpu resources for terminal support both outbound, when accessing another system, and inbound, when the local system is hosting a session.
Related words: hotel
hospitable
hospital
hospitality
hostage
compere
guest
event
master of ceremonies
Derived words: air host
bulletproof host
co-host
definitive host
dehost
DMZ host
graft-versus-host
graft-versus-host disease
host cell
host city
host country
hostel
hoster
hostess
host family
hostless
hostmask
hostmaster
hostname
host plant
host response
hostress
host rock
host selling
hostship
host species
host with the most
interhost
intrahost
jump host
mine host
multihost
mycohost
no-host
no host bar
nonhost
opinion host
play host to
reckon without one's host
webhost
web host
wraparound host
zombie host
cohost
hostable
hostee
rehost
self-host
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