Definition of hospitable
1a : given to generous and cordial reception of guests a kind, hospitable people they are hospitable … : give a guest everything, and leave him free to do as he likes — Bram Stokerb : promising or suggesting generous and friendly welcome hospitable facesc : offering a pleasant or sustaining environment grows in even the least hospitable climates
2 : readily receptive : open hospitable to new ideas
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Examples of hospitable in a Sentence
The people of that country are very hospitable.
It's a hearty plant that grows in even the least hospitable climates.
elderly people moving to Florida for its hospitable climate
Recent Examples of hospitable from the Web
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To put it more directly, Republican veterans ran for seats that were five points more hospitable than their non-veteran counterparts.
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Most of the place is strenuously hospitable to the customer.
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The Martian surface may be even less hospitable to life than scientists had thought.
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Kitchener: The tech industry—and Uber in particular—has been in the news lately for having a culture that’s not hospitable to women.
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DENVER – Coors Field is known for its hospitable treatment of hitters.
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This once-in-a-lifetime cruise, beginning in Buenos Aires and ending in Valparaiso, Chile, provided an amazing assortment of adventures with penguins, glaciers and fiords, mixed in with remote towns and hospitable people.
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The lawsuit suggests that creating a hospitable home for red-winged blackbirds made the hospital the creatures' de facto owner, and thus liable for their transgressions under the state's Animal Control Act.
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Speculative fiction has long been a space unusually hospitable to writers of color, from the Afrofuturist epics of Samuel Delany and Octavia Butler to the award-winning short stories of Ted Chiang.
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First Known Use of hospitable
circa 1570
HOSPITABLE Defined for English Language Learners
hospitable
playDefinition of hospitable for English Language Learners
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: generous and friendly to guests or visitors
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: having an environment where plants, animals, or people can live or grow easily
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: ready or willing to accept or consider something
HOSPITABLE Defined for Kids
hospitable
playDefinition of hospitable for Students
1 : friendly and generous to guests and visitors
2 : willing to deal with something new They were hospitable to the changes.
hospitably
\-blē\ adverbLearn More about hospitable
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