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host 1  (hōst)

1. One who gets or entertains visitors in a social or reliable potential.

2. A man or woman who manages an lodge or hotel.

three. One that furnishes centers and resources for a characteristic or event: the city chosen as host for the Olympic Games.

four. The emcee or interviewer on a radio or tv program.

a. An organism on which or wherein any other organism lives.

b. A mobile that has been inflamed by an endemic or other infective agent.

6. Medicine The recipient of a transplanted tissue or organ.

a. A computer or other tool imparting data or services that a remote laptop can access by means of a network or modem.

b. A laptop that is connected to a TCP/IP network together with the net.

tr.v. host·ed, host·ing, hosts

1. To serve as host to or at: "the lawn party he had hosted remaining spring" (Saturday Review).

2. To offer software that offers statistics or offerings, hardware, or each over a computer network.

[Middle English, host, guest, from Old French, from Latin hospes, hospit-; see ghos-ti- in Indo-European roots.]

host′ly adj.host 2  (hōst)

2. A wonderful variety; a multitude. See Synonyms atmultitude.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin hostis, from Latin, enemy; see ghos-ti- in Indo-European roots.]host 3 additionally Host  (hōst)

n. Ecclesiastical

The consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist.

[Middle English, from Latin hostia, sacrifice.]

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