Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to host
Participle: hosted
Gerund: hosting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | host |
| you | host |
| he;she;it | hosts |
| we | host |
| you | host |
| they | host |
Perfect
| I | have hosted |
| you | have hosted |
| he;she;it | has hosted |
| we | have hosted |
| you | have hosted |
| they | have hosted |
Past
| I | hosted |
| you | hosted |
| he;she;it | hosted |
| we | hosted |
| you | hosted |
| they | hosted |
Pluperfect
| I | had hosted |
| you | had hosted |
| he;she;it | had hosted |
| we | had hosted |
| you | had hosted |
| they | had hosted |
Future
| I | will host |
| you | will host |
| he;she;it | will host |
| we | will host |
| you | will host |
| they | will host |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hosted |
| you | will have hosted |
| he;she;it | will have hosted |
| we | will have hosted |
| you | will have hosted |
| they | will have hosted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | host |
| you | host |
| he;she;it | host |
| we | host |
| you | host |
| they | host |
Perfect
| I | have hosted |
| you | have hosted |
| he;she;it | have hosted |
| we | have hosted |
| you | have hosted |
| they | have hosted |
Imperfect
| I | hosted |
| you | hosted |
| he;she;it | hosted |
| we | hosted |
| you | hosted |
| they | hosted |
Pluperfect
| I | had hosted |
| you | had hosted |
| he;she;it | had hosted |
| we | had hosted |
| you | had hosted |
| they | had hosted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would host |
| you | would host |
| he;she;it | would host |
| we | would host |
| you | would host |
| they | would host |
Perfect
| I | would have hosted |
| you | would have hosted |
| he;she;it | would have hosted |
| we | would have hosted |
| you | would have hosted |
| they | would have hosted |
Imperative
| you | host |
| we | Let's host |
| you | host |
Verbs conjugated like 'host'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'host'
bost,
cost,
ghost,
hist,
hoast,
hoist,
hoit,
hoot,
hose,
hot,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis
3. Proto-Indo-European *pótis
4. Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis
5. Proto-Italic *hostipotis
6. Latin hospes
7. Old French ostebor.
8. Middle English hoste
9. English host
10. From Middle English hoste, from Old French oste (French: hôte), from Latin hospitem, accusative of hospes (“a host, also a sojourner, visitor, guest; hence, a foreigner, a stranger”), from *hostipotis, an old compound of hostis and the root of potis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis (“master of guests”), from *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, enemy”) and *pótis (“owner, master, host, husband”). Used in English since 13th century.
Verbs referencing "host"
Dutch
hosten, German, old spelling
hosten, Norwegian
hoste, Finnish with old forms
hostata.
Sample Sentences
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Our company will host the annual conference this year.
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I was terrible at hosting that show.
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I’ll be hosting tonight. I hope I’m not terrible.
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I am quite impressed with the December 10th issue in which it hosted the article by Nancy Langer, "Different Abilities, the Same Queer Pleasures." [1984 February 4, Suzan Bedrosian, “Sex Lives”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 4:]
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Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. [2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:]
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Where you shall host. [c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:]
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Kremvax hosts a variety of services.
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CMU/TEK TCP/IP software uses an excessive amount of cpu resources for terminal support both outbound, when accessing another system, and inbound, when the local system is hosting a session. [1987 May 7, Selden E. Ball, Jr., “Re: Ethernet Terminal Concentrators”, in comp.protocols.tcp-ip (Usenet):]