host
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
- One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
- A good host is always considerate of the guest’s needs.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene iii]:
- Time is like a fashionable host, / That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.
- One that provides a facility for an event.
- A person or organization responsible for running an event.
- Our company is host of the annual conference this year.
- A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
- The host was terrible, but the acts themselves were good.
- (computing, Internet) Any computer attached to a network.
- (ecology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
- Viruses depend on the host that they infect in order to be able to reproduce.
- (evolution, genetics) An organism bearing certain genetic material.
- The so-called junk DNA is known, so far, to provide no apparent benefit to its host.
- A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.
- presenter (UK)
- French: hôte, maître de maison, maître de maison, amphitryon at a meal
- German: Gastgeber, Bewirter
- Italian: ospitante, anfitrione at a meal
- Portuguese: anfitrião
- Russian: хозя́ин
- Spanish: anfitrión, hospedador, hospedero
- French: organisateur, animateur
- German: Veranstalter, Organisator, Organisator
- Italian: organizzatore
- Portuguese: organizador, realizador
- Russian: веду́щий
- Spanish: anfitrión, anfitriona, organizador
- German: Moderator, Showmaster
- Italian: moderatore
- Portuguese: mediador, apresentador, anfitrião
- Russian: веду́щий
- Spanish: maestro de ceremonias, conductor
- French: hôte
- Italian: host
- Portuguese: host, hospedeiro, anfitrião
- Russian: хост
- French: hôte
- German: Wirt
- Italian: ospite
- Portuguese: hospedeiro
- Russian: кле́тка-хозя́ин
- Spanish: hospedante, hospedador qual adj., huésped
host (hosts, present participle hosting; past and past participle hosted)
- To perform the role of a host.
- 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.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To lodge at an inn.
- c. 1604–1605, William Shakespeare, “All’s VVell, that Ends VVell”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene v]:
- Where you shall host.
- (computing, Internet) To run software made available to a remote user or process.
- 1987 May 7, Selden E. Ball, Jr., Re: Ethernet Terminal Concentrators, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, Usenet
- 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.
- Kremvax hosts a variety of services.
- 1987 May 7, Selden E. Ball, Jr., Re: Ethernet Terminal Concentrators, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, Usenet
- French: recevoir, animer (show)
- German: Gastgeber sein, aufnehmen, organisieren, durchführen
- Italian: ospitare
- Portuguese: hospedar
- Spanish: alojar, albergar
- French: héberger
- German: bereitstellen
- Portuguese: hospedar
- Spanish: alojar
host (plural hosts)
A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels) - 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present (book), book 3, ch. X, Plugson of Undershot
- Why, Plugson, even thy own host is all in mutiny: Cotton is conquered; but the ‘bare backs’ — are worse covered than ever!
- 1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King, book 2, chapter 4, The Field of Cormallen
- All about the hosts of Mordor raged.
- 2001, Carlos Parada, Hesione 2, [https://web.archive.org/web/20011218163821/http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Hesione2.html Greek Mythology Link]
- the invading host that had sailed from Hellas in more than one thousand ships was of an unprecedented size.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present (book), book 3, ch. X, Plugson of Undershot
- A large number of items; a large inventory.
- The dealer stocks a host of parts for my Model A.
- 1802, William Wordsworth, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
- I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils; […]
- I wandered lonely as a cloud
- 1836, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
- A short time since, some friends drinking tea one summer evening at their residence near Maidenhead, with all the windows of the drawing-room open, there suddenly burst in a host of small flies, which covered the table and the furniture […]
- Russian: мно́жество
host (plural hosts)
- (Christianity) The consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist.
- French: hostie
- German: Hostie
- Italian: ostia
- Portuguese: hóstia, partícula
- Russian: облатка
- Spanish: hostia
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