(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
The ~ at a party is the person who has invited the guests and provides the food, drink, or entertainment.
Apart from my ~, I didn’t know a single person there...
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2.
If someone ~s a party, dinner, or other function, they have invited the guests and provide the food, drink, or entertainment.
Tonight she ~s a ball for 300 guests.
VERB: V n
3.
A country, city, or organization that is the ~ of an event provides the facilities for that event to take place.
Barcelona was chosen to be ~ of the 1992 Olympic games.
N-COUNT: oft N n
4.
If a country, city, or organization ~s an event, they provide the facilities for the event to take place.
Cannes ~s the annual film festival.
VERB: V n
5.
If a person or country plays ~ to an event or an important visitor, they ~ the event or the visit.
The Prime Minister played ~ to French Premier Jacques Chirac.
PHRASE: V inflects
6.
The ~ of a radio or television show is the person who introduces it and talks to the people who appear in it.
I am ~ of a live radio programme.
= presenter
N-COUNT: usu with supp
7.
The person who ~s a radio or television show introduces it and talks to the people who appear in it.
She also ~s a show on St Petersburg Radio.
VERB: V n
8.
A ~ of things is a lot of them.
A ~ of problems may delay the opening of the Channel Tunnel...
= multitude
QUANT
9.
A ~ or a ~ 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 ~ 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 ~ 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