HOST


Meaning of HOST in English

n.

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English hoste host, guest, from Anglo-French, from Latin hospit-, hospes, probably from hostis

Date: 14th century

1 a : one that receives or entertains guests socially, commercially, or officially b : one that provides facilities for an event or function <our college served as host for the basketball tournament>

2 a : a living animal or plant on or in which a parasite lives b : the larger, stronger, or dominant member of a commensal or symbiotic pair c : an individual into which a tissue, part, or embryo is transplanted from another

3 : a mineral or rock that is older than the minerals or rocks in it also : a substance that contains a usually small amount of another substance incorporated in its structure

4 : a radio or television emcee

5 : a computer that controls communications in a network or that administers a database also : SERVER 6

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.