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say it: hohst
host is a noun and verb meaning "a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there". It is pronounced /ˈhoʊst/ — hohst. It carries 11 recorded senses.
an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association
a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
archaic terms for army
any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event
“Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games”
a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion
(computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
computer science
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for host come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.