host
noun
[ həʊst ]
• a person who receives or entertains other people as guests.
• "they were always gracious hosts at the numerous dinner parties they held for friends"
• an animal or plant on or in which a parasite or commensal organism lives.
• a person or animal that has received transplanted tissue or a transplanted organ.
• a computer which stores a website or other data that can be accessed over the internet or which provides other services to a network.
host
verb
• act as host at (an event) or for (a television or radio programme).
• "Canada was asked to host a Commonwealth conference in Ottawa"
Similar:
give,
throw,
have,
hold,
provide,
put on,
lay on,
arrange,
organize,
present,
introduce,
front,
anchor,
announce,
be the presenter of,
compère,
emcee,
Opposite:
be a guest at,
• store (a website or other data) on a server or other computer so that it can be accessed over the internet.
• "Columbia University currently hosts some 400 websites"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French hoste, from Latin hospes, hospit- ‘host, guest’.
host
noun
• a large number of people or things.
• "a host of memories rushed into her mind"
Similar:
multitude,
myriad,
lot,
large number,
great quantity,
score,
abundance,
wealth,
flood,
profusion,
array,
load,
heap,
mass,
pile,
ton,
shedload,
swag,
crowd,
throng,
pack,
band,
flock,
herd,
drove,
swarm,
troop,
horde,
mob,
army,
legion,
crush,
press,
collection,
assembly,
assemblage,
gathering,
rout,
Opposite:
small number,
small group,
• an army.
• (in biblical use) the angels regarded collectively.
• a flock of sparrows.
• "there was a host of sparrows under the roof of the house"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French ost, hoost, from Latin hostis ‘stranger, enemy’ (in medieval Latin ‘army’).
host
noun
• the bread consecrated in the Eucharist.
• "the elevation of the Host"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French hoiste, from Latin hostia ‘victim’.
