What does hospitable mean?

Definitions for hospitable
ˈhɒs pɪ tə bəl, hɒˈspɪt ə bəlhos·pitable

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hospitableadjective

    favorable to life and growth

    "soil sufficiently hospitable for forest growth"; "a hospitable environment"

  2. hospitableadjective

    disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity

    "a good-natured and hospitable man"; "a hospitable act"; "hospitable invitations"

  3. hospitableadjective

    having an open mind

    "hospitable to new ideas"; "open to suggestions"

Wiktionary

  1. hospitableadjective

    cordial and generous towards guests

  2. hospitableadjective

    receptive and open-minded

  3. hospitableadjective

    favorable

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. HOSPITABLEadjective

    Giving entertainment to strangers; kind to strangers.

    Etymology: hospitabilis, Latin.

    I’m your host:
    With robbers hands my hospitable favour
    You should not ruffle thus. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    Receive the ship-wreck’d on your friendly shore;
    With hospitable rites relieve the poor. John Dryden, Æn.

Wikipedia

  1. hospitable

    Hospitality is the relationship between a guest and a host, wherein the host receives the guest with some amount of goodwill, including the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers. Louis, chevalier de Jaucourt describes hospitality in the Encyclopédie as the virtue of a great soul that cares for the whole universe through the ties of humanity. Hospitality is also the way people treat others, that is, the service of welcoming and receiving guests for example in hotels. Hospitality plays a fundamental role to augment or decrease the volume of sales of an organization. Hospitality ethics is a discipline that studies this usage of hospitality.

ChatGPT

  1. hospitable

    Hospitable generally refers to creating a welcoming, friendly, and generous environment. It's often used to describe someone who is good at making people feel comfortable and at home, or a place or environment that is pleasant and inviting. This term can relate to treating guests well, particularly in a way that makes them want to return.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hospitableadjective

    receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality

  2. Hospitableadjective

    proceeding from or indicating kindness and generosity to guests and strangers; as, hospitable rites

  3. Etymology: [Cf. OF. hospitable, LL. hospitare to receive as a guest. See Host a landlord.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Hospitable

    hos′pit-a-bl, adj. entertaining strangers and guests kindly and without reward: showing kindness: generous: bountiful.—n. Hos′pitableness.—adv. Hos′pitably.—n. Hospital′ity, the practice of one who is hospitable; friendly welcome and entertainment of guests—(Spens.) Hos′pitāge.

Editors Contribution

  1. hospitable

    To behave in a friendly, kind and mindful manner.

    The business owners were very hospitable and showed they care very much.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 19, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hospitable in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hospitable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of hospitable in a Sentence

  1. Alexei Sorokin:

    It changed the perception of Russia abroad, it showed who we are. We showed ourselves as an open, hospitable, welcoming nation.

  2. Mayana Akbari:

    She would always talk about her adventures -- how the people are, how hospitable and nice they were to her, she loved the food. She loved the people.

  3. Hannah Jones:

    These factors create a less hospitable borrowing environment, which would serve to bring inflation closer to a healthy level, more expensive, stricter lending helps to usher in the long-term health of the economy, but the downside is that borrowing for large purchases, including a home purchase, may be relatively more challenging in the short term.

  4. Benjamin Harrison:

    We should not cease to be hospitable to immigration, but we should cease to be careless as to the character of it.

  5. Jake Sullivan:

    The power of America's example is a power to influence the choices of other countries, whether they're going to be transparent, respect human rights and deliver good governance to their citizens or go the route of a China or Russia. That comes down in part to America showing the world that its model can effectively deliver for its citizens, he believes a world in which there are more like-minded capable democracies is a world that is more hospitable to American interests and values.

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