Synonym: army, flock, multitude, proprietor, quantity, receptionist, score, swarm. Antonym: guest. Similar words: ghost, hostage, hostile, whose, those, hospital, cost, most. Meaning: [həʊst] 
n. 1. 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 2. a vast multitude 3. an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association 4. a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers) 5. archaic terms for army 6. any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event 7. (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor 8. the owner or manager of an inn 9. a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion 10. (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network. v. be the host of or for.
n. 1. 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 2. a vast multitude 3. an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association 4. a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers) 5. archaic terms for army 6. any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event 7. (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor 8. the owner or manager of an inn 9. a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion 10. (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network. v. be the host of or for. 
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181. They are also eligible under EC rules for any public subsidies available to companies incorporated under the law of the host state.
182. Nico, our host, serves cool drinks and limited snacks in the bar downstairs till supper time.
183. Delighted civic leaders said the decision would boost the city's bid to host the 2000 Olympic Games.
184. The wealthy came early, joined the host in the dining room for the best food and drink.
185. A host of other falsifications were accumulated during the seventeenth century.
186. It was like soccer's World Cup host country handing over the television rights to the visiting nations.
187. Chinatown was like its host city -- small and compressed in physical dimensions, boundless and ephemeral in spirit.
188. The host got drunk and threw up on one of the guests.
189. He raised his glass, toasting his host and hostess silently, his smile serene, sincere.
190. Murayama leaves his successors a host of severe domestic problems.
191. With the transfer deadline exactly three weeks away, Sunderland reserves host West Brom.
192. There are fourteen commercial television companies, and a host of commercial radio stations.
193. Cleaning symbiosis on the other hand is a true form of mutually beneficial arrangement with both cleaner and host benefiting.
194. Around 40 percent of the businesses in each host country have concluded co-operation agreements as a direct result of the event.
195. They also always deliver their package of genes into the host chromosome, integrating more or less at random.
196. In addition, Fine Host chefs from around the country will fly in to help.
197. Subsidiary characters run the gamut of weird and wacky academics, familiar from a host of campus novels.
198. Atlanta, the 1996 Olympics host city from July 19 to Aug. 4, offers a wealth of diversions.
199. The more drugs that one gives, the more likely it is that damage to host DNA polymerase will take place.
200. The business might one day be sold off, wound up or nationalised by the host government.
201. Some claim that demons can even change the physical appearance of a host body.
202. Cuthbertson said copies of the letter would be sent to a host of elected officials.
203. Allen, to clear the air, decided to host a debate for three thousand people at Bethel.
204. The factory was soon playing host to 100, 000 visitors a year.
205. In one of my less lucid moments, I had volunteered to host Thanksgiving dinner.
206. Mr. Maclean For a whole host of reasons, yes Sir.
207. This driver has a host of other very useful features, including things like resolution control and halftone angles.
208. And there is nothing wrong with Clinton playing host to early and longtime backers of his own.
208. Wish you can benefit from sentencedict.com and make progress everyday!
209. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. Maya Angelou 
210. After about 12 months the host mistletoe is usually either dead or severely weakened.
More similar words: ghost, hostage, hostile, whose, those, hospital, cost, most, boost, mostly, at most, foster, costly, almost, poster, costume, post-war, at any cost, at all costs, at the cost of, first and foremost, the cost of living.