Most vs Host - What's the difference?
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Superlative form of much.
Superlative form of many.
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*:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
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, chapter=1 To a great extent or degree; highly; very.
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*:Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a strange, and for me, a most fortunate thing.
(uncountable) The greatest amount.
(countable) A record-setting amount.
One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
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One that provides a facility for an event.
A person or organization responsible for running an event.
A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
(computing, Internet) A in a network.
(computing, Internet) Any computer attached to a network.
(biology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
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, title= (evolutionism, genetics) An organism bearing certain genetic material.
Consecrated bread such as that used in the Christian ceremony of the Eucharist.
A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.
To perform the role of a host.
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, title= (obsolete) To lodge at an inn.
* Shakespeare
(computing, Internet) To run software made available to a remote user or process.
* 1987 May 7, Selden E. Ball, Jr., Re: Ethernet Terminal Concentrators'', comp.protocols.tcp-ip, ''Usenet
A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)
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* 2001 , Carlos Parada, Hesione 2 ,
A large number of items; a large inventory.
As nouns the difference between most and host
is that most is bridge (construction or natural feature that spans a divide) while host is autumn (season).most
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Determiner
(en determiner)- Most people like chocolate.
- Most simply choose to ignore it.
- Most want the best for their children.
Synonyms
* almost allAdverb
(-)citation, passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.
John Vidal
Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas, passage=Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys.}}
Boundary problems, passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most -used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=With some of it on the south and more of it on the north of the great main thoroughfare that connects Aldgate and the East India Docks, St.?Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the' poorest and ' most miserable parish in the East End of London.}}
citation, passage=“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes
Antonyms
* fewest * leastDerived terms
* -most * make the most of * mostly * foremostNoun
(en-noun)- The most I can offer for the house is $150,000.
Usage notes
* In the sense of (record), used when the positive denotation of (best) does not apply.Statistics
*host
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Alternative forms
* hoast (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) oste (French: . Used in English since 13th century.Noun
(en noun)- Time is like a fashionable host , / That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.
Katie L. Burke
In the News, volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts : rodents.}}
Verb
(en verb)Katie L. Burke
In the News, volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.}}
- Where you shall host .
- 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.
See also
* guest * event * master of ceremoniesEtymology 2
From (etyl) hoste, from Middle (etyl) ), cognate with etymology 1.Noun
(en noun)- Why, Plugson, even thy own host is all in mutiny: Cotton is conquered; but the ‘bare backs’ — are worse covered than ever!
Greek Mythology Link
- the invading host that had sailed from Hellas in more than one thousand ships was of an unprecedented size.
- A host of parts for my Model A.