Definitions for host
hoʊsthost

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 3 votes

1. hostnoun

   a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there

2. horde, host, legionnoun

   a vast multitude

3. hostnoun

   an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association

4. master of ceremonies, emcee, hostnoun

   a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)

5. host, legionnoun

   archaic terms for army

6. hostnoun

   any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event

   "Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games"

7. hostnoun

   (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor

8. host, innkeeper, bonifacenoun

   the owner or manager of an inn

9. Hostnoun

   a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion

10. server, hostverb

    (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network

11. hostverb

    be the host of or for

    "We hosted 4 couples last night"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HOSTnoun

   Etymology: hoste, French; hospes, hospitis, Latin.

   1. One who gives entertainment to another.

   never entertained either guests or hosts with long speeches, ’till the mouth of hunger be stopped. Philip Sidney.

   Here, father, take the shadow of this tree
   For your good host. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   2. The landlord of an inn.

   Time’s like a fashionable host,
   That slightly shakes his parting guest by th’ hand;
   But with his arms out-stretch’d, as he would fly,
   Grasps in the comer. William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida.

   The frighted friend arose by break of day,
   And found the stall where late his fellow lay;
   Then of his impious host enquiring more,
   Was answer’d that his guest was gone before. Dryden.

   3. [From hostis, Latin.] An army; numbers assembled for war.

   Let ev’ry soldier hew him down a bough,
   And bear’t before him; thereby shall we shadow
   The numbers of our host. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   Then through the fiery pillar, and the cloud,
   God looking forth, will trouble all his host,
   And craze your chariot-wheels. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. i.

   After these came arm’d, with spear and shield,
   An host so great as cover’d all the field. Dryden.

   4. Any great number.

   Give to a gracious message
   An host of tongues; but let ill tidings tell
   Themselves, when they be felt. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

   5. [ Hostia, Latin; hostie, French.] The sacrifice of the mass in the Romish church; the consecrated wafer.

2. To Hostverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To take up entertainment.

   Go, bear it to the centaur, where we host;
   And stay there, Dromio, ’till I come to thee. William Shakespeare.

   2. To encounter in battle.

   Strange to us it seem’d
   At first, that angel should with angel war,
   And in fierce hostings meet. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. vi.

   From his loins
   New authors of dissension spring; from him
   Two branches, that in hosting long contend
   For sov’reign sway. Phillips.

   3. To review a body of men; to muster.

   Lords have had the leading of their own followers to the general hostings. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. host

   A host refers to a person, organization, or entity that provides a place, space, or platform for an event, gathering, service, or activity to take place. This can include various scenarios such as hosting a party, hosting guests in a hotel, hosting a website on a server, or hosting a television show. The host is typically responsible for managing and facilitating the event or activity, ensuring the satisfaction and comfort of the participants or guests.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. Hostnoun

   the consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration

2. Hostnoun

   an army; a number of men gathered for war

3. Hostnoun

   any great number or multitude; a throng

4. Hostnoun

   one who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord

5. Hostverb

   to give entertainment to

6. Hostverb

   to lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment

7. Etymology: [OE. host, ost, OF. hoste, oste, F. hte, 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. pati master, lord. See Host an army, Possible, and cf. Hospitable, Hotel.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. Host

   hōst, n. one who entertains a stranger or guest at his house without reward: an innkeeper: an organism on which another lives as a parasite:—fem. Host′ess.—n. Host′ess-ship (Shak.), the character or office of a hostess.—adj. Host′less (Spens.), destitute of a host, inhospitable.—Reckon, or Count, without one's host, to misjudge, the original idea being that of totting up one's bill without reference to the landlord. [O. Fr. hoste—L. hospes, hospitis.]

2. Host

   hōst, n. an army, a large multitude.—n. Host′ing, (Milt.) an encounter of hosts, a battle: (Spens.) an assemblage of hosts, a muster.—A host in himself, one of great strength, skill, or resources, within himself; Heavenly host, the angels and archangels; Lord of hosts, a favourite Hebrew term for Jehovah, considered as head of the hosts of angels, the hosts of stars, &c. [O. Fr. host—L. hostis, an enemy.]

3. Host

   hōst, n. in the R.C. Church, the consecrated bread of the Eucharist—a thin circular wafer of unleavened bread. [L. hostia, a victim.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. host

   An army; any large body of men assembled together in arms.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hostnoun

   Military forces consisting of God's angels, sometimes including the sun, moon, and stars, and occasionally Israel.

   Jehovah is the Host over our pure gold transparent street broadcasted as the soul of the city gates.

   Etymology: Broadcaster

   
   

   Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on September 11, 2023  

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1. HOST

   What does HOST stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the HOST acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Host

   the individual infested by or upon which a parasite grows: also applied to the maker of a cell or other structure in which guest flies or other insects take up their abode.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HOST

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Host is ranked #18278 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Host surname appeared 1,519 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Host.
   
   92% or 1,398 total occurrences were White.
   4% or 62 total occurrences were Black.
   1.5% or 24 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.5% or 24 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Adult
   • Army
   • Bread
   • Entertain
   • Medicine
   • Multitude
   • Organism
   • Organization
   • Recipient

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'host' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3563

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'host' in Nouns Frequency: #1316

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'host' in Verbs Frequency: #1063

Anagrams for host »

1. tosh

2. thos

3. shot

How to pronounce host?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say host in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of host in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of host in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of host in a Sentence

1. Sonali Bose:

   It’s important to remember the characteristics of the host [that] make them especially vulnerable, such as being younger, older or having a disease like asthma.

2. Toshiro Mutoh:

   There's an incentive to make the budget appear as small as possible. But you do need money to host the Games. As a compromise, you may need to lower the level of service. But garnering a consensus for this is very difficult.

3. Elizabeth Zechmeister:

   The public right now is coping with a host of negative emotions, fear, anger, general anxiety :( Donald Trump) gives a certain credibility to these feelings.

4. Polish Proverb:

   A guest sees more in an hour than the host in a year.

5. Paul Hokemeyer:

   When we engage in the world through narcissistic acts, we invoke a host of negative reactions from others,

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=host
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=host
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/host
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=host
6. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
7. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=host
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html