host

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See also höst, høst, and hosť

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old French oste (French: hôte), from Middle Latin hospitem, accusative of hospes (“a host, also a sourjourner, visitor, guest; hence, a foreigner, a stranger”), probably contr. of originally *hostipes, from hostis (“a stranger”) + -pes. Used in English since 13th Century.

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host (plural hosts)

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  1. A person who allows a guest, particularly into the host’s home.
    A good host is always considerate of the guest’s needs.
  2. A person or organization responsible for running an event.
    Our company is host of the annual conference this year.
  3. A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
    The host was terrible, but the acts themselves were good.
  4. (computing, Internet, Unix) Any computer attached to a network.
  5. (computing, networking) A computer or software component that provides services.
    This machine is the host of the name server.
  6. (biology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
    Viruses depend on the host that they infect in order to be able to reproduce
  7. (evolutionism, genetics) An organism bearing certain genetic material.
    The so-called junk DNA provides no benefit to its host.
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person who allows a guest
person or organisation responsible for running an event
moderator
computing: computer attached to a network
computing: computer or software component that provides services
biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism
genetics: organism bearing certain genetic material

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host (third-person singular simple present hosts, present participle hosting, simple past and past participle hosted)

  1. To perform the role of a host.
    Our company will host the annual conference this year.
    I was terrible at hosting that show.
    I’ll be hosting tonight. I hope I’m not terrible.
    Kremvax hosts a variety of services.
  2. (computing, Internet) To run software made available to a remote user or process.
    • 1987 May 7, Selden E. Ball, Jr., Re: Ethernet Terminal Concentrators, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, Usenet
      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.
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perform the role of a host
computing: run software for a remote user or process

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Old French hoste, from Middle Latin hostis (“foreign enemy”) (as opposed to inimicus (“personal enemy”)), cognate with etymology 1.

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host (plural hosts)

  1. A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)
    • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. X, Plugson of Undershot
      Why, Plugson, even thy own host is all in mutiny: Cotton is conquered; but the ‘bare backs’ — are worse covered than ever!
    • 2001, Carlos Parada, Hesione 2, Greek Mythology Link
      the invading host that had sailed from Hellas in more than one thousand ships was of an unprecedented size.
  2. A large number of items; a large inventory.
    A host of parts for my Model A.
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multitude of people arrayed as an army
large number of items

[edit] Etymology 3

From Middle English also oist, ost, from Old French hoiste, from Latin hostia (“sacrificial victim”).

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host (plural hosts)

  1. (Catholicism) The consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist.
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consecrated bread
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From Latin hostis.

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host m. (plural hosts)

  1. army

[edit] Czech

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From Proto-Slavic *gostь.

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host m.

  1. guest

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    declension of host
singular plural
nominative host hostové, hosti
genitive hosta hostů
dative hostovi, hostu hostům
accusative hosta hosty
vocative hoste hostové, hosti
locative hostovi, hostu hostech
instrumental hostem hosty

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[edit] Etymology 1

From English host.

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  • IPA: /hoːst/.

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host m. (plural hosts, diminutive hostje)

  1. (computing) host
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From hossen.

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host

  1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of hossen.
  2. plural imperative of hossen.


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[edit] Etymology 1

Related to hosta/hoste ("to cough").

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host

  1. A single cough expulsion
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    Inflection of host
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål m host hosten host hostene
Bokmål n host hostet host hosta/hostene
Nynorsk n host hostet host hosta [hosti]

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host

  1. Imperative of hosta/hoste

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From English.

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host m.

  1. (computing) host
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    Inflection of host
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål m host hosten hoster hostene
Nynorsk m host hosten hostar hostane
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