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hosting

UK/ˈhəʊstɪŋ/US/ˈhoʊstɪŋ/

hosting is the present participle and gerund of host.

Noun

hosting (countable and uncountable, plural hostings)

  1. Running and maintaining a computer system on someone's behalf.
  2. (obsolete) A battle.

Meaning of host

Verb

host (third-person singular simple present hosts, present participle hosting, simple past and past participle hosted)

  1. To perform the role of a host.
    • Our company will host the annual conference this year.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To lodge at an inn.
    • 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]...
  3. (Internet) To run software made available to a remote user or process.
    • Kremvax hosts a variety of services.

See all 15 meanings of host

Forms of hosting

pluralhostings

Words formed from hosting

Questions about hosting

What does hosting mean?
Hosting means running and maintaining a computer system on someone's behalf.
What is hosting the present participle and gerund of?
Hosting is the present participle and gerund of host.
What part of speech is hosting?
Hosting is a noun.
How do you pronounce hosting?
Hosting is pronounced /ˈhoʊstɪŋ/ (US).
What is the plural of hosting?
The plural of hosting is hostings.

Words near hosting in the dictionary

  1. hostility
  2. hostilize
  3. hostilized
  4. hostilizes
  5. hostilizing
  6. hosting
  7. hostings
  8. hostis humani generis
  9. hostle
  10. hostled
  11. hostler

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hosting (page history and authors); host (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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