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n.

1. One who receives or entertains guests in a social or official capacity.
2. A person who manages an inn or hotel.
3. One that furnishes facilities and resources for a function or event: the city chosen as host for the Olympic Games.
4. The emcee or interviewer on a radio or television program.
5. Biology. The animal or plant on which or in which another organism lives.
6. Medicine. The recipient of a transplanted tissue or organ.
7. Computer Science. A computer containing data or programs that another computer can access by means of a network or modem.

tr.v. Usage Problem., host·ed, host·ing, hosts.

To serve as host to or at: “the garden party he had hosted last spring” (Saturday Review).

[Middle English, host, guest, from Old French, from Latin hospes, hospit-.]

hostly host'ly adj.

USAGE NOTE   Host was used as a verb in Shakespeare's time, but this usage was long obsolete when the verb was reintroduced (or perhaps reinvented) in recent years to mean “perform the role of a host.” The usage occurs particularly in contexts relating to institutional gatherings or television and radio shows, where the person performing the role of host has not personally invited the guests. Perhaps because the verb involves a suspect extension of the traditional conception of hospitality, it initially met with critical resistance. In a 1968 survey only 18 percent of the Usage Panel accepted the usage in the sentence The Cleveland chapter will host this year's convention. Over time, however, the usage has become increasingly well established and has the useful purpose of describing the activities of one who performs the ceremonial or practical role of a host, as in arranging a conference or welcoming guests. In our 1986 survey, 53 percent of the Panelists accepted the usage in the phrase a reception hosted by the Secretary of State. The verb is less well accepted when it is used to describe the role of a performer who acts as a master of ceremonies for a broadcast or film, where the relation of the word to the notion of “hospitality” is stretched still further.

host² (hōst)
n.

1. An army.
2. A great number; a multitude. See synonyms at multitude.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin hostis, from Latin, enemy.]

host³ also Host (hōst)
n. Ecclesiastical.

The consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist.

[Middle English, from Latin hostia, sacrifice.]

(1) A computer that acts as a source of information or signals. The term can refer to any computer, from a centralized mainframe to a server to a client PC (user's machine). In a network, clients and servers are hosts because they are both sources of information in contrast to network devices, such as routers and switches, which are responsible only for directing traffic. See host adapter and host name.

(2) To have in one's possession. When you "host a computer system," the system is running in your facility. It is technically accurate to say that "the company hosts many hosts," but such usage would only sound strange.

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1. A computer that allows users to communicate with other host computers on a network.

2. A chat term for someone who is managing a chat room on the Internet.

noun

A very large number of things grouped together: army, cloud, crowd, drove, flock, horde, legion, mass, mob, multitude, ruck¹, score (used in plural), swarm, throng. See big/small/amount, group.

n

Definition: person who entertains, performs
Antonyms: guest, visitor

v

Definition: entertain
Antonyms: be a guest at

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The plant that supports a parasite. For example, oak trees often serve as hosts to mistletoe, a parasitic plant.

IN BRIEF: One who has guests in one's own home or who pays for the entertaining of others. Also: A great number.

Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. — Helen Keller (1880-1968)

Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - vært, værtsfolk
v. tr. - beværte

idioms:

• play host to    optræde som vært for

2.
n. - hostie, nadverbrød

3.
n. - host, værtscomputer

Nederlands (Dutch)
gastheer-/vrouw, waard, presentator (programma/show), massa, hele reeks, (heilige) hostie, plaatsaanwijzer(es), ceremoniemeester, voorzitter, ontvangen, gastheer spelen, presideren over, radio-/ tv-programma presenteren

Français (French)
1.
n. - hôte, patron, (Bot, Zool) hôte, (Radio, TV) animateur
v. tr. - accueillir, être l'hôte de, (Radio, TV) animer

idioms:

• play host to    recevoir ou accueillir qn

2.
n. - armée, foule (de)

3.
n. - (Relig) hostie

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Gastgeber, Wirt
v. - Gastgeber sein

idioms:

• play host to    jmdn. zu Gast haben

2.
n. - Menge, Heer

3.
n. - Hostie

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πλήθος, στρατιά, στρατός, λεφούσι, στίφος, οικοδεσπότης, φιλοξενών, ξενοδόχος, πανδοχέας (κν. χανιτζής), (θρησκ.) άρτος μεταλήψεως, όστια, (βιολ.) ξενιστής, (τεχνολ.) βασικός Η/Υ συστήματος
v. - φιλοξενώ

idioms:

• play host to    φιλοξενώ

Italiano (Italian)
ospitare, ospite, anfitrione

idioms:

• play host to    dare ospitalità a

Português (Portuguese)
n. - hospedeiro (m), anfitrião (m), tropa (f), bando (m), entrevistador (m) na radio ou TV, hóstia (f) (Rel.)
v. - receber como anfitrião ou hospedeiro

idioms:

• play host to    receber a

Русский (Russian)
хозяин, трактирщик, толпа, множество, войско, центральный процессор, выступать в роли хозяина, гостия

idioms:

• play host to    быть хозяином

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - anfitriona, huésped, mesonero, hostelero
v. tr. - organizar, presentar, ser el anfitrión

idioms:

• play host to    acoger, organizar (una competición)

2.
n. - gran cantidad, multitud, ejército

3.
n. - Hostia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - värd (äv. biol. o bot.), värdshusvärd, massa, härskara (åld.)
v. - vara värd, smita från (notan)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 主人, 东道主, 节目主持人, 旅馆老板, 寄主, 宿主, 作...主人, 主持, 主办, 以主人身份招待

idioms:

• play host to    招待

2. 一大群, 许多, 军队

3. 圣体

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 一大群, 許多, 軍隊

2.
n. - 主人, 東道主, 節目主持人, 旅館老闆, 寄主, 宿主
v. tr. - 作...主人, 主持, 主辦, 以主人身份招待

idioms:

• play host to    招待

3.
n. - 聖體

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 주인, 숙주, 사회자
v. tr. - 주인 노릇을 하다, ~를 주최하다

idioms:

• play host to    ~을 주최하다, (파티 등의) 주인 역을 하다

2.
n. - 무리, 군

3.
n. - 성체, 성찬식의 빵

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 主人, 主催者, 経営者, 宿主, 大勢, 多数, 軍勢
v. - 主人役を務める

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جيش, جند, جمهرة, حشد, جمع, المضيف من ينزل الضيف عنده أو حيوان أو نبات يقدم الغذاء أو المأوى لاحد الطفيليات, خبز القربان المقدس, (فعل) يضيف, ينزل في ضيافته‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מארח, פונדקאי, אירוח, אדם/חיה עם איבר מושתל בגופו, מנחה (ברדיו ובטלוויזיה), צמח או חיה החיים עם טפיל‬
v. tr. - ‮אירח‬
n. - ‮המון, צבא, שמש, ירח וכוכבים, המלאכים‬
n. - ‮הלחם הקדוש בסעודת ישו‬

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