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# hospitable

adjective (hospitable, more hospitable, most hospitable)

«hospitable» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Friendly and welcoming to guests and visitors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hospitable/#m1)
2. (of a place) Pleasant and easy to live in, as in «a hospitable climate». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hospitable/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and everyday life it describes kind hosts who give guests food and a bed. In science and geography a «hospitable» place has water, warmth and food so living things can survive there; a desert or the Moon is «inhospitable». Phrase: hospitable to visitors.

### Examples

- Our neighbours were very hospitable and gave us cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hospitable/#x1)
- The villagers were hospitable to the lost travellers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hospitable/#x2)
- Be hospitable when your friends come to play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hospitable/#x3)
- Earth is the most hospitable planet we know. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hospitable/#x4)
- The cold mountain top is not hospitable for plants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hospitable/#x5)
- The hotel staff were warm and hospitable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hospitable/#x6)
- The eleven brothers thought that they had come to very hospitable people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hospitable/#x7)

### Note

Stress can be on «HOS» or on «SPIT». Opposite: inhospitable. Noun: hospitality. Related to hospital and host — all come from a word meaning guest.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hospitable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hospitable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hospitable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hospitable.html) on Mova free.