hospitable
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4.4
- adjective
- /hɑːˈspɪtəbl/
:
favorable
- World leaders are hailing this deal in Paris as a milestone to keep planet Earth hospitable for human life.
- hospitable environment
- hospitable conditions
- more hospitable
That's the fact that we built something under circumstances that were more hospitable than the ones we're about to face.
- That's the fact that we built something under circumstances that were more hospitable than the ones we're about to face.
- That is the level of soil, that is the the the depth of soil that is hospitable for bacteria and fungi.
- And once you understand these principles, it's going to help you make your foot a much less hospitable place for that damned fungus.
- That doesn't sound very hospitable to life as we know it, but scientists have come up with a solution for our imminent move to Mars.
- She doesn't find this place something, something hospitable, right?
Examples
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Finally, the teachers noted that to be effective, the classroom culture must be hospitable to provide accommodations.
Academic text (2012) -
The garden is hospitable for many plants, providing the right amount of sunlight and water.
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Now was the new world more hospitable?
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I only hope the castle is more hospitable.
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By contrast, the environment underground, although hot, may have been hospitable to life.
Academic text (2000) -
In contrast, the United States provides a more hospitable environment for biotech companies.
Academic text (2000) -
"Dogville might be off the beaten track, but it was hospitable, nevertheless."
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Ambitious settlers journeyed to this tropical frontier, intent on transforming these islands into hospitable localities for sugar estates.
Academic text (2004) -
Here clusters of settlements and forts can be found clinging defiantly to small pockets of hospitable land amidst the ice and snow.
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This region is known for its hospitable climate, making it ideal for agriculture.
Synonyms
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4.6
A place that people can live in, like a house or planet
26
3.4
Fit to live in and comfortable enough for daily life
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6.0
Pleasant and easy to like because it suits your interests
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3.9
Fit for people to live in
1
4.8
A small, warm, comfortable feeling like being in your house
Suitable for people to live in
Antonyms
How Hospitable
Surface Forms
Morphology
hospitable = hospitality (semi-transparent) = hospit + able
The environmental sense ('favourable to life') is an extended, metaphorical use of the hospitality concept but remains interpretable from the base idea and the suffix '-able'.
Etymology
Hospitable comes from the Latin hospes 'guest/host', the same root behind host and hospital, so it carries the idea of 'welcoming'. That is why a hospitable place is one that 'welcomes' life or growth and gives good conditions for living things.