hospitality

«hospitality» in Mova's school dictionary: Being friendly, welcoming and generous to guests or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (hospitality; uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Being friendly, welcoming and generous to guests or strangers. tree →

2) Food, drink and entertainment given to guests. tree →

3) The business of hotels, restaurants and cafés, called the hospitality industry. tree →

sense in the lessons

In ethics and church life, hospitality — welcoming strangers — is an important value; the Bible tells of Abraham welcoming three visitors. In adult life «hospitality» is a type of job. Phrases: show hospitality, warm hospitality, thank you for your hospitality, hospitality industry.

examples

• Thank you for your kind hospitality; we loved staying with you. tree →
• The village was famous for its hospitality to travellers. tree →
• The Bible teaches Christians to show hospitality to strangers. tree →
• My cousin works in hospitality at a big hotel. tree →
• The family's hospitality made us feel at home. tree →
• The team enjoyed the hospitality of the other school after the match. tree →
• He had grown fat upon the badger's hospitality. tree →

note

Uncountable. Adjective: hospitable (welcoming); opposite: inhospitable (unwelcoming, also of harsh places like deserts). Related to «hospital» and «host» in origin.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hospitality» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.