hostel
hostel · hostels · hosteled / hostelled · hosteling
To stay in a hostel during one's travelsTo stay in a hostel during one's travels.
UK/ˈhɒstəl/US/ˈhɑstəl/
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2 senses(intransitive)To stay in a hostel during one's travels.
(transitive)To lodge (a person) in a hostel.
Examples
33 sentencesOrigin
From Middle English hostel, from Old French hostel, ostel, from Late Latin hospitale (“hosFrom Middle English hostel, from Old French hostel, ostel, from Late Latin hospitale (“hospice”), from Classical Latin hospitalis (“hospitable”) itself from hospes (“host”) + -alis (“-al”). Doublet of hotel and hospital. Not in use from late 17th c. (in the usual sense from mid 16th c.) to 1808, when it was revived by Walter Scott in his poem Marmion (see the quotation).
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Forms
hostels, hosteling, hosteled, hosteledLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle