Meaning of host | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)
2. The consecrated bread of the Eucharist.
3. One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
4. One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially
5. A large number of items; a large inventory.
6. One that provides a facility for an event.
7. One that provides a facility for an event
8. A person or organization responsible for running an event.
9. A person or organization responsible for running an event
10. A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
11. A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance
12. The primary member of a system, typically the member who fronts most often
13. The primary member of a system, typically the member who fronts most often.
14. Any computer attached to a network.
    Internet
15. A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
16. An organism bearing certain genetic material, with respect to its cells.
17. A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.

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Examples

“A good host is always considerate of the guest’s needs.”

“Time is like a fashionable host, / That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.”

“Our company is host of the annual conference this year.”

“The host was terrible, but the acts themselves were good.”

“Viruses depend on the host that they infect in order to be able to reproduce.”

“A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.”

“The so-called junk DNA is known, so far, to provide no apparent benefit to its host.”

“Why, Plugson, even thy own host is all in mutiny: Cotton is conquered; but the ‘bare backs’ — are worse covered than ever!”

“All about the hosts of Mordor raged.”

“By Lady Day the Scriptorium was ready to receive the "copying and burrowing" of the host of readers who had been directed by Furnivall for the past twenty years.”

“the invading host that had sailed from Hellas in more than one thousand ships was of an unprecedented size.”

“The dealer stocks a host of parts for my Model A.”

“I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; […]”

“A short time since, some friends drinking tea one summer evening at their residence near Maidenhead, with all the windows of the drawing-room open, there suddenly burst in a host of small flies, which covered the table and the furniture […]”

“England ran Tunisia ragged in that spell but were punished for missing a host of chances when Ferjani Sassi equalised from the penalty spot against the run of play after Kyle Walker was penalised for an elbow on Fakhreddine Ben Youssef.”

“In the immediate term, there is a host of new operating procedures to be developed and to become familiarised with, in accordance with social distancing.”

“Do you pray to the Holy Ghost when you suck your host? / Do you read who's dead in the Irish Post?”

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