host

host
[[t]ho͟ʊst[/t]]
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hosts, hosting, hosted
1) N-COUNT 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...

Tommy Sopwith was always the perfect host.

2) VERB If someone hosts a party, dinner, or other function, they have invited the guests and provide the food, drink, or entertainment.

[V n] Tonight she hosts a ball for 300 guests.

[V n] ...a banquet hosted by the president of Kazakhstan.

3) N-COUNT: oft N n 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.

...a preliminary qualifying tournament in Andorra involving the host country.

4) VERB If a country, city, or organization hosts an event, they provide the facilities for the event to take place.

[V n] Cannes hosts the annual film festival.

5) PHRASE: V inflects If a person or country plays host to an event or an important visitor, they host the event or the visit.

In 1987 Canada played host to the Commonwealth Conference...

The Prime Minister played host to French Premier Jacques Chirac.

6) N-COUNT: usu with supp 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.

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7) VERB The person who hosts a radio or television show introduces it and talks to the people who appear in it.

[V n] She also hosts a show on St Petersburg Radio.

8) QUANT A host of things is a lot of them.

A host of problems may delay the opening of the Channel Tunnel...

Today we have radios, TVs, and a whole host of gadgets powered by electricity.

Syn:
9) N-COUNT: usu N to n If an area is host to living things, those creatures live and feed in that area.

Uganda's beautiful highlands are host to a wide range of wildlife.

10) N-COUNT: oft N n A host or a host computer is the main computer in a network of computers, which controls the most important files and programs.
11) N-COUNT: oft N n 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.

12) N-COUNT: usu sing, the N The Host is the bread which is used to represent the body of Christ in Christian church services such as Holy Communion. [TECHNICAL]

English dictionary. 2008.

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