host

noun

Compounds

In compounds

Forms

  • singular : host
  • plural : hosts

Senses

  • person who provides the venue for an event
  • organism that harbours another organism
  • person who provides resources for an event
  • Any organism in which another organism, especially a parasite or symbiont, spends part or all of its life cycle and from which it obtains nourishment and/or protection.
  • a person responsible for guests at an event or for providing hospitality during it
  • any computer attached to a network

host

verb

Related

Derivations hoste

Forms

  • simple present : host
  • simple present, singular, third person : hosts
  • simple past : hosted
  • present participle : hosting
  • past participle : hosted

Senses

  • to take the role of an host