transcription, транскрипция: [ hoʊst ]
( hosts, hosting, hosted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
The host at a party is the person who has invited the guests and provides the food, drink, or entertainment.
Apart from my host, I didn’t know a single person there...
N-COUNT
2.
If someone hosts a party, dinner, or other function, they have invited the guests and provide the food, drink, or entertainment.
Tonight she hosts a ball for 300 guests.
VERB : V n
3.
A country, city, or organization that is the host of an event provides the facilities for that event to take place.
Barcelona was chosen to be host of the 1992 Olympic games.
N-COUNT : oft N n
4.
If a country, city, or organization hosts an event, they provide the facilities for the event to take place.
Cannes hosts the annual film festival.
VERB : V n
5.
If a person or country plays host to an event or an important visitor, they host the event or the visit.
The Prime Minister played host to French Premier Jacques Chirac.
PHRASE : V inflects
6.
The host of a radio or television show is the person who introduces it and talks to the people who appear in it.
I am host of a live radio programme.
= presenter
N-COUNT : usu with supp
7.
The person who hosts a radio or television show introduces it and talks to the people who appear in it.
She also hosts a show on St Petersburg Radio.
VERB : V n
8.
A host of things is a lot of them.
A host of problems may delay the opening of the Channel Tunnel...
= multitude
QUANT
9.
A host or a host computer is the main computer in a network of computers, which controls the most important files and programs.
N-COUNT : oft N n
10.
The host of a parasite is the plant or animal which it lives on or inside and from which it gets its food. ( TECHNICAL )
When the eggs hatch the larvae eat the living flesh of the host animal.
N-COUNT : oft N n
11.
The Host is the bread which is used to represent the body of Christ in Christian church services such as Holy Communion. ( TECHNICAL )
N-COUNT : usu sing , the N