host
noun
- 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
verb
- to take the role of an host
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /həʊst/ / /hoʊst/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English host, oist, ost, from Old French hoiste, from Latin hostia (“sacrificial victim”). Doublet of hostie.
- The consecrated bread of the Eucharist.
“Do you pray to the Holy Ghost when you suck your host? / Do you read who's dead in the Irish Post?”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis Proto-Italic *hostipotis Latin hospes Old French ostebor. Middle English hoste English host From Middle English hoste, from Old French oste (French: hôte), from Latin hospitem, accusative of hospes (“a host, also a sojourner, visitor, guest; hence, a foreigner, a stranger”), from *hostipotis, an old compound of hostis and the root of potis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis (“master of guests”), from *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, enemy”) and *pótis (“owner, master, host, husband”). Used in English since 13th century.
- To perform the role of a host.
“Our company will host the annual conference this year.”
“I was terrible at hosting that show.”
- To lodge at an inn.
“Where you shall host.”
- To run software made available to a remote user or process.
“Kremvax hosts a variety of services.”
“CMU/TEK TCP/IP software uses an excessive amount of cpu resources for terminal support both outbound, when accessing another system, and inbound, when the local system is hosting a session.”