Related Words for play host to

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have
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Verb, Verb
receive
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Verb
entertain
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Verb
have over
//x
Phrase, Verb
do the honor
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
hold
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Noun
treat
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Verb
enterprise
/xx
Noun
accommodate
x/xx
Verb
facilitate
x/xx
Verb
invite
x/
Verb
feast
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Noun
put up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
put on
//
Phrase, Verb
wait on
//
Phrase, Verb
regale
x/
Noun
bestow
x/
Verb
see in
/x
Phrase, Verb
show in
/x
Phrase, Verb
attend
x/
Verb
line up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
wait
/
Verb
assist
x/
Verb
see to
//
Phrase, Verb
officiate
x/xx
Verb
present
/x
Noun
bring in
/x
Phrase, Verb
look after
//x
Phrase, Verb
serve
/
Verb
cater
/x
Verb
attend to
x//
Phrase, Verb
visit
/x
Noun
play to
//
Phrase, Verb
take in
/x
Phrase, Verb
showcase
/x
Noun
show
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Noun
encourage
x/x
Verb
bring
/
Verb
sponsor
/x
Noun
portray
x/
Verb
provide
x/
Verb
groom
/
Noun
emcee
//
Noun
serve up
//
Phrase, Verb
invest
x/
Noun
let in
/x
Phrase, Verb
possess
x/
Verb
play
/
Noun
check into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
proxy
/x
Noun
take place
//
Phrase, Verb
superintend
xxx/
Verb
offer
/x
Noun
occupy
/xx
Verb
anchor
/x
Noun
exhibit
x/x
Noun
inhabit
x/x
Verb
dress up
//
Phrase, Verb
put on the map
//x/
Phrase, Verb
cover
/x
Noun
call on
//
Phrase, Verb
bring forward
//x
Phrase, Verb
employ
x/
Verb
wine and dine
///
Phrase, Verb
play up
//
Phrase, Verb
place
/
Noun
office
/x
Noun
take on
//
Phrase, Verb
watch over
//x
Phrase, Verb
put before
/x/
Phrase, Verb
wedding
/x
Noun
table
/x
Noun
impart
x/
Verb
celebrate
/xx
Verb
import
x/
Noun
chair
/
Noun
interpose
xx/
Verb
give
/
Verb
keep
/
Verb
dress
/
Noun
furnish
/x
Verb
premier
x/
Noun
curate
/x
Noun
bring on
//
Phrase, Verb
inaugurate
x/xx
Verb
honor
/x
Noun
produce
x/
Verb
welcome
/x
Adjective
mind
/
Noun
cosponsor
x/x
Noun
preside
x/
Verb
foster
/x
Name
come into play
/x//
Phrase, Verb
site
/
Noun
mark
/
Noun
dedicate
/xx
Verb
fete
/
Noun
supervise
/xx
Verb
introduce
xx/
Verb
tend
/
Verb
preposition
xx/x
Noun
appoint
x/
Verb
take care of
///
Phrase, Verb
favor
/x
Noun
put on a pedestal
//x/xx
Phrase, Verb
volunteer
xx/
Noun
stage
/
Noun
elevate
/xx
Verb
see about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
bar mitzvah
//x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
cook
/
Noun
broadcast
/x
Noun
come to pass
///
Phrase, Verb
moderate
/xx
Adjective
take over
//x
Phrase, Verb
deal with
//
Phrase, Verb
take
/
Verb
hand on
//
Phrase, Verb
make over
//x
Phrase, Verb
live in
/x
Phrase, Verb
meet with
//
Phrase, Verb
hold out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
take for
//
Phrase, Verb
answer to
/x/
Phrase, Verb
occur
x/
Verb
place on a pedestal
//x/xx
Phrase, Verb
bring about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
allow for
x//
Phrase, Verb
take part
//
Phrase, Verb
understudy
/xxx
Noun
conduct
x/
Noun
send for
//
Phrase, Verb
abide
x/
Verb
absorb
x/
Verb
accept
x/
Verb, Adjective
acceptance
x/x
Noun
acceptor
x/x
Noun
accommodation
xxx/x
Noun
accompany
x/xx
Verb
accomplish
x/x
Verb
ace
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
achieve
x/
Verb
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
act out
//
Phrase, Verb
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
actor
/x
Noun
admission
x/x
Noun
admit
x/
Verb
adopt
x/
Verb
advancement
x/x
Noun
advertisement
x/xx
Noun
afford
x/
Verb
airport
/x
Noun
allow
x/
Verb
amount
x/
Noun, Verb
amuse
x/
Verb
amusement
x/x
Noun
animator
/xxx
Noun
announcer
x/x
Noun
antigen
/xx
Noun
applicant
/xx
Noun
are
/
Noun
army
/x
Noun
arrange
x/
Verb, Noun
array
x/
Noun, Verb
arthropod
/xx
Noun
assume
x/
Verb
asylum
x/x
Noun
atelier
/xx
Noun
athlete
/x
Noun
attack
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
attains
x/
Verb
backstop
/x
Noun, Verb
ball
/
Noun, Verb
ballet
x/
Noun, Verb
bandy
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
banging
/x
Noun, Adjective
banquet
/x
Noun, Verb
bat
/
Noun, Verb
bear
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
become
x/
Verb
bed
/
Noun, Verb
benefactor
/xxx
Noun
beneficiary
xx/xxx
Noun, Adjective
bet
/
Verb, Noun
bid
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
biotic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
blitz
/
Noun, Verb
boarding
/x
Noun
book
/
Noun, Verb
bout
/
Noun, Verb
bow
/
Noun, Verb
bowl
/
Noun, Verb
breakfast
/x
Noun, Verb
breeding
/x
Noun, Adjective
bugle
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
call
/
Verb, Noun
caller
/x
Noun
caper
/x
Noun, Verb
care
/
Noun, Verb
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
cartoon
x/
Noun, Verb
catch
/
Verb, Noun
cellular
/xx
Adjective, Noun
charade
x/
Noun, Verb
cheek
/
Noun, Verb
child
/
Noun, Verb
childcare
/x
Noun
chord
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Noun, Verb
clarion
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cleaning
/x
Noun
clearance
/x
Noun
clowning
/x
Noun
club
/
Noun, Verb
coin
/
Noun, Verb
combo
/x
Noun, Verb
comedy
/xx
Noun
commercial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
competition
xx/x
Noun
complete
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
completion
x/x
Noun
comply
x/
Verb
confront
x/
Verb
contribute
x/x
Verb
convene
x/
Verb
cope
/
Verb, Noun
coquetry
/xx
Noun
court
/
Noun, Verb
cradle
/x
Noun, Verb
crappy
/x
Adjective
cricket
/x
Noun, Verb
croquet
x/
Noun, Verb
crowd
/
Noun, Verb
curl
/
Noun, Verb
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
dabble
/x
Verb, Noun
dalliance
/xx
Noun
dally
/x
Name, Verb
debut
x/
Noun, Verb
deck
/
Noun, Verb
delightful
x/x
Adjective
deliver
x/x
Verb, Adjective
dependent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
destination
xx/x
Noun
develop
x/x
Verb
devotional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
dime
/
Noun, Verb
discharge
x/
Noun, Verb
display
x/
Noun, Verb
doctor
/x
Noun, Verb
doh
/
Name
doing
/x
Noun
donor
/x
Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
drama
/x
Noun
dramatic
x/x
Adjective
drum
/
Noun, Verb
duplicate
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
ecologic
xx/x
Adjective
elizabethan
xxx/x
Name, Adjective
embrace
x/
Verb, Noun
enact
x/
Verb
encounter
x/x
Noun, Verb
engage
x/
Verb
enjoy
x/
Verb
enjoyment
x/x
Noun
entertainment
xx/x
Noun
entire
x/x
Adjective, Noun
eucharist
/xx
Noun
execute
/xx
Verb
exercise
/xx
Noun, Verb
exert
x/
Verb
exit
/x
Noun, Verb
exploit
/x
Verb, Noun
face
/
Noun, Verb
face off
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
family
/xx
Noun, Adjective
fiddle
/x
Noun, Verb
fight
/
Verb, Noun
figure
/x
Noun, Verb
fill
/
Verb, Noun
film
/
Noun, Verb
fireman
/x
Noun
flip
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
flirt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
flock
/
Noun, Verb
follow
/x
Verb, Noun
folly
/x
Noun, Verb
fool
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
fool around
/x/
Phrase, Verb