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   hospitable

   /hɒˈspɪtəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. friendly and welcoming to visitors or guests: "two friendly, hospitable brothers run the hotel"
   • ▪ (of an environment) pleasant and favourable for living in: "one of the least hospitable places in North America"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French, from obsolete hospiter ‘receive a guest’, from medieval Latin hospitare ‘entertain’, from hospes, hospit- (see host1).

   Derivatives

   • 1. hospitably adverb

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   The meaning of HOSPITABLE is given to generous and cordial reception of guests. How to use hospitable in a sentence.

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   HOSPITABLE definition: 1. friendly and welcoming to guests and visitors: 2. providing good conditions for living or…. Learn more.

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   hospitable (to/towards somebody) (of a person) pleased to welcome guests; generous and friendly to visitors synonym welcoming. The local people are very hospitable to strangers. He was trying to be hospitable. Topics Family and relationships c1, Personal qualities c1

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   Hospitable definition: receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously. See examples of HOSPITABLE used in a sentence.

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   When someone makes you feel comfortable and at home, that person is being hospitable, providing a warm, friendly environment. Anything hospitable is welcoming and open.

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   1. a. friendly, kind, and solicitous toward guests. b. prompted by or associated with friendliness and solicitude toward guests. a hospitable act. 2. favoring the health, growth, comfort, etc. of new arrivals; not adverse. a hospitable climate.

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   1. receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family. 2. characterized by or betokening warmth and generosity toward guests or strangers: a hospitable smile. 3. favorably receptive or open (usu. fol. by to): hospitable to new ideas.