Host vs. Reception
Hostnoun
One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
Hostnoun
One that provides a facility for an event.
Hostnoun
A person or organization responsible for running an event.
Hostnoun
A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
Hostnoun
Any computer attached to a network.
Hostnoun
(ecology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
Hostnoun
An organism bearing certain genetic material.
Hostnoun
A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.
Hostnoun
A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)
Hostnoun
A large number of items; a large inventory.
Hostnoun
(Christianity) The consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist.
Hostverb
To perform the role of a host.
Hostverb
To lodge at an inn.
Hostverb
To run software made available to a remote user or process.
Hostnoun
The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.
Hostnoun
An army; a number of men gathered for war.
Hostnoun
Any great number or multitude; a throng.
Hostnoun
One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord.
Hostnoun
Any animal or plant affording lodgment or subsistence to a parasitic or commensal organism. Thus a tree is a host of an air plant growing upon it.
Hostverb
To give entertainment to.
Hostverb
To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment.
Hostnoun
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
Hostnoun
a vast multitude
Hostnoun
an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; the host does not benefit and is often harmed by the association
Hostnoun
a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
Hostnoun
archaic terms for army
Hostnoun
any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event;
Hostnoun
(medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor
Hostnoun
the owner or manager of an inn
Hostnoun
a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion
Hostnoun
(computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
Hostverb
be the host of or for;
Receptionnoun
The act of receiving.
Receptionnoun
The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.
Receptionnoun
A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
Receptionnoun
A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.
Receptionnoun
The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
Receptionnoun
The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
Receptionnoun
(law) The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.
Receptionnoun
The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence.
Receptionnoun
The state of being received.
Receptionnoun
The act or manner of receiving, especially of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception.
Receptionnoun
Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine.
Receptionnoun
A retaking; a recovery.
Receptionnoun
the manner in which something is greeted;
Receptionnoun
a formal party of people; as after a wedding
Receptionnoun
quality or fidelity of a received broadcast
Receptionnoun
the act of receiving
Receptionnoun
(American football) the act of catching a pass in football;
Receptionnoun
the action or process of receiving something sent, given, or inflicted
Receptionnoun
the way in which a person or group of people reacts to someone or something
Receptionnoun
a formal social occasion held to welcome someone or to celebrate an event
Receptionnoun
the formal or ceremonious welcoming of a guest
Receptionnoun
the action of admitting someone to a place, group, or institution or the process of being admitted
Receptionnoun
the process of receiving broadcast signals
Receptionnoun
the quality of broadcast signals received
Receptionnoun
the area in a hotel or organization where guests and visitors are greeted and dealt with
Receptionnoun
the first class in an infant or primary school
Receptionnoun
an act of catching a pass
