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Definition: HOSTING |
HOSTINGNoun1. A muster or review. 2. An encounter; a battle. |
Date "HOSTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1663. (references) |
Note: Hosting \Host"ing\, noun. [From Host an army.]. (references) |
Crosswords: HOSTING |
| Specialty definitions using "HOSTING": 404 compliant ♦ InfoStreet, Inc., Internet Information Server. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | For me, hosting the academy awards is like making love to a beautiful woman (The 73rd Annual Academy Awards; writing credit: Mike Bender; Adam Jay Epstein) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | OCEANOGRAPHER hosting Princess Grace of Monaco Captain Arthur Wardwell to her left Inport at Monaco on first leg of around the world expedition OCEANOGRAPHER around the world cruise. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | By the time these games begin, 1,500 CNG buses will be in use in the large cities hosting the games. (references) | |
Most ISPs in South Africa are still making most of their money from hosting and providing access to the Internet. (references) | ||
The UK market for web hosting services has been quite fragmented with the majority of companies using relatively small local operators. (references) | ||
Economic History | Slovenia | It agreed to be lead country for several initiatives in 1999, including hosting an environmental security seminar. (references) |
Djibouti | In 1991 and 2000, Djibouti played a key role in the search for peace in Somalia by hosting Somali Reconciliation Conferences. (references) | |
Greece | In September 1997, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that Athens would have the honor of hosting the 2004 Summer Olympic Games. (references) | |
Human Rights | Netherlands | In view of its longstanding tradition of hosting international legal tribunals, the Government facilitated the trial of two Libyans accused of the 1988 bombing of Pan American flight 103, which killed 270 persons. (references) |
Political Economy | Egypt | Over the years, Egypt and the United States have worked assiduously to expand Middle East peace, hosting talks, negotiations, and the Middle East and North Africa Economic (MENA) Conference. (references) |
Trade | Luxembourg | Luxembourg is a major world financial center, hosting more than 200 international banks operating as universal banks with an unrestricted range of activities. (references) |
Travel | Qatar | In recent years, Qataris have been giving up their age-old tradition of hosting ceremonial dinners at home. (references) |
Qatar | Instead, they have started hosting large, elaborate parties at one of the five-star hotels in Doha which have international standards. (references) | |
Bangladesh | Foreign visitors often find that hosting meals for their Bangladeshi agents or business contacts helps to smooth business negotiations. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "HOSTING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 93.13% of the time. "HOSTING" is used about 160 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 93.13% | 149 | 25,810 |
| Noun (singular) | 5.63% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.63% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.63% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 160 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "HOSTING": co-hosting, guest-hosting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
web hosting | 34,097 | internet web hosting | 902 |
hosting | 13,421 | web hosting company | 829 |
free web hosting | 6,353 | low cost web hosting | 760 |
web site hosting | 4,858 | web hosting service | 729 |
company web site hosting | 2,235 | inexpensive web hosting | 592 |
site hosting | 2,201 | business web hosting | 585 |
unix hosting | 2,151 | reseller web hosting | 563 |
cheap web hosting | 2,079 | web site hosting canada | 533 |
web hosting services | 1,985 | ftp hosting | 507 |
ecommerce web hosting | 1,881 | web hosting frontpage | 501 |
free web site hosting | 1,660 | uk web hosting | 490 |
free hosting | 1,337 | hosting service | 485 |
domain hosting | 1,168 | free web page hosting | 481 |
affordable web hosting | 1,103 | image hosting | 477 |
internet hosting | 1,086 | cheap web site hosting | 468 |
free image hosting | 1,078 | cheap hosting | 462 |
web hosting canada | 1,048 | linux hosting | 455 |
web hosting provider | 1,031 | dedicated hosting | 437 |
reseller hosting | 976 | dns hosting | 434 |
web page hosting | 903 | web design and hosting | 398 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "HOSTING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 主持 (Chaired, Chairing, manage, Managed, Managing, Officiate, Officiated, Officiating, Preside, Presided, Presiding). (various references) | |
Danish | værtsordning (hosting scheme). (various references) | |
Dutch | regeling voor gastwetenschappers (hosting scheme), IWWON (Interministerial Working Party on Attracting and Hosting International Organisations), Interdepartementale Werkgroep Werving en Opvang Internationale Organisaties in Nederland (Interministerial Working Party on Attracting and Hosting International Organisations). (various references) | |
French | programme d'accueil d'hôtes (hosting scheme). (various references) | |
Italian | programma di accoglienza (hosting scheme). (various references) | |
Korean | 대. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ostinghay.(various references) | |
Russian | обрабатывать обработка (handling). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "HOSTING": cohosting, ghosting. (additional references) | |
Words containing "HOSTING": ghostings. (additional references) | |
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"HOSTING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: horting, hosteg, husting, Ostig. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "HOSTING" (pronounced hō"sting) |
| 5 | -ō" s t i ng | boasting, coasting, posting, roasting, toasting. |
| 4 | -s t i ng | accosting, adjusting, arresting, assisting, attesting, besting, blacklisting, blasting, boosting, breasting, broadcasting, bursting, busting, casting, coexisting, composting, consisting, contesting, contrasting, costing, cresting, defrosting, delisting, digesting, disgusting, divesting, dusting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, everlasting, exhausting, existing, fasting, feasting, forecasting, frosting, gusting, harvesting, Hasting, hoisting, ingesting, insisting, interesting, investing, jousting, lambasting, lasting, listing, lusting, manifesting, molesting, nesting, ousting, pasting, persisting, preexisting, protesting, readjusting, recasting, reinvesting, requesting, resisting, resting, retesting, rusting, suggesting, tasting, testing, thrusting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, uninteresting, vesting, wasting, wresting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, associating, attempting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, betting, biting, bitting, blanketing, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boating, bolting, booting, boycotting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coating, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contracting, contradicting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, faulting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, homeporting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lamenting, laminating, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, malting, mandating, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, rerouting, resenting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, thermosetting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-h-i-n-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: hosing, ingots, nights, stingo, things, thongs, tigons, tonish. | |
-2 letters: ghost, hints, hoist, hongs, ingot, nighs, night, ohing, sight, sting, thing, thins, thong, tigon, tings, tongs. | |
-3 letters: ghis, gins, gist, gits, gosh, hins, hint, hisn, hist, hits, hogs, hong, hons, host, hots, into, ions, nigh, nits, nogs, nosh, shin, shog, shot, sigh, sign, sing. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-h-i-n-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: ghosting, histogen, hoisting, nothings, shooting, shorting, shotting, shouting, soothing, southing, tonights. | |
+2 letters: clothings, cohosting, ghostings, gnathions, histogens, hosteling, ingrowths, loathings, nightspot, northings, scotching, shootings, slingshot, smoothing, something, songsmith, southings, strongish. | |
+3 letters: beshouting, besoothing, diphthongs, fortnights, holstering, hostelling, hostessing, moonlights, nightglows, nightgowns, nightscope, nightspots, outfishing, outpushing, outrushing, outshaming, outshining, outwishing, overnights, phlogiston, reshooting, shoestring, shortening, slingshots, smothering, songsmiths, soothingly, splotching, stomaching, stonishing, theogonies, theorising, thighbones, upshooting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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