hospitable
part of speech
adjective (hospitable, more hospitable, most hospitable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Friendly and welcoming to guests and visitors. tree →
2) (of a place) Pleasant and easy to live in, as in «a hospitable climate». tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories and everyday life it describes kind hosts who give guests food and a bed. In science and geography a «hospitable» place has water, warmth and food so living things can survive there; a desert or the Moon is «inhospitable». Phrase: hospitable to visitors.
examples
- Our neighbours were very hospitable and gave us cake. tree →
- The villagers were hospitable to the lost travellers. tree →
- Be hospitable when your friends come to play. tree →
- Earth is the most hospitable planet we know. tree →
- The cold mountain top is not hospitable for plants. tree →
- The hotel staff were warm and hospitable. tree →
- The eleven brothers thought that they had come to very hospitable people. tree →
note
Stress can be on «HOS» or on «SPIT». Opposite: inhospitable. Noun: hospitality. Related to hospital and host — all come from a word meaning guest.
Trees and pragmatics
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