host country
A country in which an international event is heldA country in which an international event is held.
» The host country's victory was earthshattering.
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3 sensesA country in which an international event is held.
Chile is the host country for this year's conference.
Austragungsland
принима́ющая страна́prinimájuščaja straná, страна́-устрои́тельницаstraná-ustroítelʹnica
A country which is the target of immigration.
Many immigrants struggle to adapt themselves to the culture of the host country.
принима́ющая страна́prinimájuščaja straná
A country whose leaders accept the visitation of the representatives or agencies of another country.
Examples
4 sentencesThe host country's victory was earthshattering.
The host country's triumph has a seismic effect.
Kenya is a source of emigrants and a host country for refugees.
Uganda has been both a source of refugees and migrants and a host country for refugees.
Translations
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Forms
plural: host countries| Singular | host country |
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Word family
1 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.