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# host

noun (a host, hosts); verb (host, hosts, hosted, hosting)

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

## Everyday

1. A host is a person who invites guests and looks after them, for example at a party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/host/#m1)
2. A host is a person who presents a TV or radio show. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/host/#m2)
3. A host is an animal or plant that another living thing (a parasite) lives on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/host/#m3)
4. To host means to hold an event or have guests. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/host/#m4)
5. A host of things means a lot of them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/host/#m5)
6. A host can also mean a large army of soldiers, an old use of the word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/host/#m6)

### In the lessons

In manners lessons, a good host greets guests, offers food and drink and makes everyone feel welcome; guests thank the host when they leave. In science, a flea lives on a host like a dog. In sport, a country hosts the Olympics or World Cup. In computing, a host is a computer that runs a website. Phrases: play host to, host a party, host country, a host of.

### Examples

- Our class is hosting a bake sale. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/host/#x1)
- Remember to thank your host before you leave the party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/host/#x2)
- The quiz show host read the question. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/host/#x3)
- A good host makes guests feel at home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/host/#x4)
- Ticks feed on a host animal like a deer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/host/#x5)
- Australia hosted the Olympic Games. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/host/#x6)
- Mum hosted a dinner for the neighbours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/host/#x7)
- There were a host of reasons to celebrate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/host/#x8)
- Who has slain this mighty host?’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/host/#x9)

### Note

Countable: a host, hosts. «Hostess» is an older word for a woman host; «host» is now used for anyone. A host country is where an event takes place. Do not confuse with «ghost».

## In Jewish tradition

Here host means a great crowd or army, such as the stars or an army, and not a party host.

**Interpretation.** "The host of heaven" means the sun, moon and stars. God is called "LORD of hosts" in tradition, meaning the One who rules all armies and powers.

### Examples

- And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. (Torah GEN.2.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/host/#x1)
- and his host, and those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred; (Torah NUM.2.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/host/#x2)
- and his host, even those that were numbered thereof, fifty and four thousand and four hundred; (Torah NUM.2.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/host/#x3)
- Why? saith the LORD of hosts. (Prophets HAG.1.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/host/#x4)
- How lovely are Thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! (Writings PSA.84.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/host/#x5)
- Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways. (Prophets HAG.1.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/host/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a host, hosts. «Hostess» is an older word for a woman host; «host» is now used for anyone. A host country is where an event takes place. Do not confuse with «ghost».

## On Mova

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