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to host the event

to host the event

15 3.5
To organize an event and take care of its details
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : organizar
  • We are excited to host the event next month for local artists to showcase their work.
  • host special events for students

No, they were all they were a business of people that hosted the event.

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Examples

  • The Faculty/Student Activities program hosts a number of events that bring students and faculty together outside of the classroom.

    Academic text (2008)
  • On March 11, the American Music Conference hosted an event in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Libraries frequently host special events for students, staff, and the community.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Beginning Dec. 13, the mansion will host special holiday events on select nights.

    Blog text (7)
  • Portions or all of John Street could be easily closed to host large public events like TIFF.

    Blog text (15)
  • Columbia now has an office of postdoctoral affairs, founded in 2006, which regularly hosts events for postdocs.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Most Saturday evenings at 6, the Mauna Kea Visitor Information Station hosts free public events, including music nights.

    Blog text (6)
  • Amusingly enough, my university just recently hosted a speed-dating event exclusively for grad students.

    Blog text (8)
  • Since it was founded in 1979, the Fukuoka Art Museum has been hosting contemporary Asian art events, notably the Asian Art Triennial.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The committee decided to host the event at the downtown convention center.

Synonyms

to hold
vsto host the event
2.1

To organize an event or activity

oversees arrangements and manages details rather than only being responsible
to throw
vsto host the event
  • Informal
462 3.8

To organize a party or small social event for people

applies to any event and emphasizes overseeing arrangements rather than just parties
to cohost
vsto host the event
1 4.1

To present a show or event together with another person

handles arrangements and oversight alone rather than sharing with others

How Involved

to run the show
  • Informal
58 4.1
to host the event
15 3.5
to organize
  • US
662 1.6
to attend
  • Formal
14 4.2

Surface Forms

host the event infinitive
hosted the event past participle
hosting the event present participle
hosts the event third person singular

Morphology

host + the + event

The meaning 'to organize and oversee an event' is directly and compositionally derived from the verb 'host' (to receive/organize) plus the noun 'event'; the definite article 'the' does not change this compositional relation. This verb + NP pattern is a regular, cross-linguistically common construction, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should readily understand the phrase.

Etymology

The phrase host the event comes from the idea of a host who welcomes guests into their home and looks after them. That's why to host the event means 'to organize and take care of' everything for the event.