how to pronounce host

/həʊst/

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host is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of host in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… girl let's welcome your host Andrea kami …”

meaning of host

Host is a person who provides a place for people to stay.

host frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word host occurs in english on average 31.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics host can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that host can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;