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hosts

host
H h

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hohst]
    • /hoʊst/
    • /həʊst/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hohst]
    • /hoʊst/

Definitions of hosts word

  • noun hosts the bread or wafer consecrated in the celebration of the Eucharist. 1
  • verb with object hosts to be the host at (a dinner, reception, etc.): He hosted a reception for new members. 1
  • verb with object hosts to act as host to: The vice president hosted the foreign dignitaries during their visit. 1
  • verb with object hosts to act as master of ceremonies, moderator, or interviewer for: to host a popular talk show. 1
  • verb without object hosts to perform the duties or functions of a host. 1
  • noun hosts Plural form of host. 1
See all 8 definitions of hosts

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Origin of hosts

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English (h)oste (noun) < Middle French < Latin hospit- (stem of hospes) host, guest, stranger, perhaps < *hosti-pot(i)s or *hos-pot(i)s, equivalent to hos(ti)- combining form of hostis stranger (see host2) + -pot(i)s, akin to potis having the power to, posse to be able (see potent1) (hence, “one granting hospitality, one in charge of guests”); compare, with different initial elements, Greek despótēs master, despot, Lithuanian viẽšpats lord

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Parts of speech for Hosts

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Hosts

hosts popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

hosts usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for hosts

verb hosts

  • holds — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • presents — being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: increasing respect for the present ruler of the small country.
  • comperes — Plural form of compere.

noun hosts

  • crowds — Plural form of crowd.
  • congregations — Plural form of congregation.
  • masses — the celebration of the Eucharist. Compare High Mass, Low Mass.
  • hordes — Plural form of horde.
  • armies — Plural form of army.
All 18 Synonyms of hosts

Antonyms for hosts

noun hosts

  • guests — Plural form of guest.
Just one Antonym for hosts

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Related words

  • lord of hosts

    Jehovah; God.

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    the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.

  • brood parasitism

    a type of parasitism in which a bird (brood parasite), as a cowbird or European cuckoo, lays and abandons its eggs in the nest of another species

  • early

    in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.

  • receiving line

    a row formed by the hosts, guests of honor, or the like, for receiving guests formally at a ball, reception, etc.

  • rickettsia

    any member of the genus Rickettsia, comprising rod-shaped to coccoid microorganisms that resemble bacteria but can be as small as a large virus and reproduce only inside a living cell, parasitic in fleas, ticks, lice, and mites and transmitted by bite to vertebrate hosts, including humans, causing such severe diseases as typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
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