HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.
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| Shopping | The largest selection of HOST products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| Sounds | hhow'st |
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| Rhymes | almost, boast, coast, and 27 more rhymes in owst... |
| 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. |
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| Broader | adult, grownup |
| Narrower | hostess |
| Verbs | host |
| Meaning | A vast multitude. |
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| Synonyms | horde, legion |
| Broader | multitude, throng, concourse |
| Meaning | An animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite. It does not benefit and is often harmed by the association. |
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| Contrary | parasite |
| Broader | organism, being |
| Narrower | intermediate host; definitive host |
| Meaning | A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers). |
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| Synonyms | master of ceremonies, emcee |
| Broader | entertainer |
| Narrower | compere; Lord of Misrule; question master, quizmaster; ringmaster; toastmaster, symposiarch |
| Instances | Sullivan, Ed Sullivan, Edward Vincent Sullivan |
| Verbs | host |
| Meaning | Archaic terms for army. |
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| Synonyms | legion |
| Broader | army, regular army, ground forces |
| Narrower | Roman Legion; Sabaoth |
| Meaning | Any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event. |
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| Examples | "Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games" |
| Broader | organization, organisation |
| Meaning | (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor. |
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| Category | medicine, medical specialty |
| Broader | recipient, receiver |
| Meaning | The owner or manager of an inn. |
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| Synonyms | innkeeper, boniface |
| Broader | patron |
| Narrower | hostess; padrone; victualer, victualler |
| Verbs | host |
| Meaning | A technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion. |
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| Broader | bread, breadstuff, staff of life |
| Meaning | (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network. |
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| Synonyms | server |
| Part of | computer network |
| Category | computer science, computing |
| Broader | computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system |
| Meaning | Be the host of or for. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Model | Sam cannot host Sue |
| Examples | "We hosted 4 couples last night" |
| Broader | entertain |
| Narrower | feast, banquet, junket; wine and dine; emcee, compere; do the honors |
| Nouns | host; host; host |
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