Hospitable
adjective
Friendly and welcoming to guests or strangers.
My neighbors are very hospitable, they always invite us over for dinner.
Often appears as...
- a hospitable environment
- hospitable hosts
adjective
Offering a pleasant or sustaining environment.
The city is hospitable to new ideas and innovation.
Often appears as...
- hospitable conditions
- hospitable environment
adjective
Friendly and welcoming to guests or strangers.
My neighbors are very hospitable, they always invite us over for dinner.
Often appears as...
- a hospitable environment
- hospitable hosts
adjective
Offering a pleasant or sustaining environment.
The city is hospitable to new ideas and innovation.
Often appears as...
- hospitable conditions
- hospitable environment
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Opposite Meaning
Remember, 'unhospitable' is the opposite, meaning not welcoming or unfriendly.
The unfriendly host was quite unhospitable to us.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Nuance
In some cultures, being hospitable is an important tradition, where guests are treated with utmost respect.
In many Eastern countries, people take pride in being hospitable.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Humans
'Hospitable' can be used figuratively for places or situations that feel welcoming.
The cozy café felt very hospitable on the rainy day.
Pro Tip 1/3Opposite Meaning
Remember, 'unhospitable' is the opposite, meaning not welcoming or unfriendly.
The unfriendly host was quite unhospitable to us.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Nuance
In some cultures, being hospitable is an important tradition, where guests are treated with utmost respect.
In many Eastern countries, people take pride in being hospitable.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Humans
'Hospitable' can be used figuratively for places or situations that feel welcoming.
The cozy café felt very hospitable on the rainy day.
Pro Tip 1/3Opposite Meaning
Remember, 'unhospitable' is the opposite, meaning not welcoming or unfriendly.
The unfriendly host was quite unhospitable to us.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Nuance
In some cultures, being hospitable is an important tradition, where guests are treated with utmost respect.
In many Eastern countries, people take pride in being hospitable.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Humans
'Hospitable' can be used figuratively for places or situations that feel welcoming.
The cozy café felt very hospitable on the rainy day.
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Meet the tardigrade, the...
prolonged exposure to the vacuum of outer space, scientists can generate clues about the environmental limits of life and how to safeguard astronauts. In the process, tardigrades could even help us answer a critical could life survive on planets much less hospitable than our own?
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The mysterious origins...
has become the most favored candidate for the cradle of life. The seawater expelled here is highly alkaline and lacks carbon dioxide, but is rich in methane and offers more hospitable temperatures. Adjacent black smokers may have contributed the carbon dioxide necessary
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The Infinite Hotel...
What self-respecting night manager would ever want to work there even for an infinite salary? But over at Hilbert's Infinite Hotel, where there's never any vacancy and always room for more, the scenarios faced by the ever-diligent and maybe too hospitable night manager
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Why is our universe...
for our form of life to exist in those other universes. So we find ourselves in a universe with the particular amount of dark energy we've measured simply because our universe has conditions hospitable to our form of life. And that would be that.
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David Deutsch: Chemical...
Any such cube anywhere in the universe could become the same kind of hub that we are, if the knowledge of how to do so were present there. So, we're not in a uniquely hospitable place. If intergalactic space is capable of creating
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Is our universe the only...
chance for our form of life to exist in those other universes so we find ourselves in a universe with a particular amount of dark energy we've measured simply because our universe has conditions hospitable
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The secret society of...
but one that was more hospitable than what lay outside. Today, this area offers a partial record of that secret, self-reliant world, imagined and built for survival and the preservation of freedom.
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Extremophiles 101 PIPE...
and radioactivity. These harsh environments don't seem hospitable for life but some organisms not only survive but thrive under such extreme conditions. The name extremophile means extreme lover.
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How I made friends with...
that denies that we're in sync with the biorhythms, the cyclical rhythms of the universe, does not create a hospitable environment for women or for people associated with labor, which is to say,
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Arctic PIPE Exploring Oceans
above the ice and below wildlife prospers and what might seem to be in the hospitable environment but it's
Video examples
Meet the tardigrade, the...
prolonged exposure to the vacuum of outer space, scientists can generate clues about the environmental limits of life and how to safeguard astronauts. In the process, tardigrades could even help us answer a critical could life survive on planets much less hospitable than our own?
Video examples
The mysterious origins...
has become the most favored candidate for the cradle of life. The seawater expelled here is highly alkaline and lacks carbon dioxide, but is rich in methane and offers more hospitable temperatures. Adjacent black smokers may have contributed the carbon dioxide necessary
Video examples
The Infinite Hotel...
What self-respecting night manager would ever want to work there even for an infinite salary? But over at Hilbert's Infinite Hotel, where there's never any vacancy and always room for more, the scenarios faced by the ever-diligent and maybe too hospitable night manager
Video examples
Why is our universe...
for our form of life to exist in those other universes. So we find ourselves in a universe with the particular amount of dark energy we've measured simply because our universe has conditions hospitable to our form of life. And that would be that.
Video examples
David Deutsch: Chemical...
Any such cube anywhere in the universe could become the same kind of hub that we are, if the knowledge of how to do so were present there. So, we're not in a uniquely hospitable place. If intergalactic space is capable of creating
Video examples
Is our universe the only...
chance for our form of life to exist in those other universes so we find ourselves in a universe with a particular amount of dark energy we've measured simply because our universe has conditions hospitable
Video examples
The secret society of...
but one that was more hospitable than what lay outside. Today, this area offers a partial record of that secret, self-reliant world, imagined and built for survival and the preservation of freedom.
Video examples
Extremophiles 101 PIPE...
and radioactivity. These harsh environments don't seem hospitable for life but some organisms not only survive but thrive under such extreme conditions. The name extremophile means extreme lover.
Video examples
How I made friends with...
that denies that we're in sync with the biorhythms, the cyclical rhythms of the universe, does not create a hospitable environment for women or for people associated with labor, which is to say,
Video examples
Arctic PIPE Exploring Oceans
above the ice and below wildlife prospers and what might seem to be in the hospitable environment but it's
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Thomas Hoving
American Educator
When I became director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was stodgy, gray, run by elitists. I said, 'Hey, let's kick the thing around.' I wanted to attract young people to the museum. I said, 'Make it hospitable. I want them to come. I want them to make dates, pick up girls, pick up boys - either way; I don't care.
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Beth Ditto
American Musician
I was brought up by a single mom in a poor town in Arkansas and while some aspects of small-town life were really positive - like the fact that everyone there is really sweet and hospitable - there is also this close-minded mentality, and that naturally made me want to rebel.
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Xi Jinping
Chinese Politician
It is true that some people have some misgivings about China-U.K. cooperation. What I want to stress is that in today's world, no country can afford to pursue development with its door closed. One should open the door, warmly welcome friends, and be hospitable to them.
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Harvey V. Fineberg
Educator
At the bottom of the ocean, bacteria that are thermophilic and can survive at the steam vent heat that would otherwise produce, if fish were there, sous-vide cooked fish, nevertheless, have managed to make that a hospitable environment for them.
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Lawrence Kudlow
American Journalist
Trump's corporate tax reform would restore America's position as the most hospitable investment climate in the world. For a change, businesses and their cash would come back home.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
Every man should be the intellectual proprietor of himself, honest with himself, and intellectually hospitable; and upon every brain, reason should be enthroned as king.
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Gary Hamel
American Businessman
The fact is, society is made more hospitable by every individual who acts as if 'do unto others' really was a rule.
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Li Keqiang
Chinese Politician
The African people and tribal chiefs are hospitable, and African music and dances are invigorating.
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Krista Tippett
American Journalist
Being intellectually hospitable is a virtue that I bring into the interview space.
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Daria Werbowy
Ukrainian Model
India is such a hospitable country.
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Thomas Hoving
American Educator
When I became director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was stodgy, gray, run by elitists. I said, 'Hey, let's kick the thing around.' I wanted to attract young people to the museum. I said, 'Make it hospitable. I want them to come. I want them to make dates, pick up girls, pick up boys - either way; I don't care.
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Beth Ditto
American Musician
I was brought up by a single mom in a poor town in Arkansas and while some aspects of small-town life were really positive - like the fact that everyone there is really sweet and hospitable - there is also this close-minded mentality, and that naturally made me want to rebel.
Quote examples
Xi Jinping
Chinese Politician
It is true that some people have some misgivings about China-U.K. cooperation. What I want to stress is that in today's world, no country can afford to pursue development with its door closed. One should open the door, warmly welcome friends, and be hospitable to them.
Quote examples
Harvey V. Fineberg
Educator
At the bottom of the ocean, bacteria that are thermophilic and can survive at the steam vent heat that would otherwise produce, if fish were there, sous-vide cooked fish, nevertheless, have managed to make that a hospitable environment for them.
Quote examples
Lawrence Kudlow
American Journalist
Trump's corporate tax reform would restore America's position as the most hospitable investment climate in the world. For a change, businesses and their cash would come back home.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
Every man should be the intellectual proprietor of himself, honest with himself, and intellectually hospitable; and upon every brain, reason should be enthroned as king.
Quote examples
Gary Hamel
American Businessman
The fact is, society is made more hospitable by every individual who acts as if 'do unto others' really was a rule.
Quote examples
Li Keqiang
Chinese Politician
The African people and tribal chiefs are hospitable, and African music and dances are invigorating.
Quote examples
Krista Tippett
American Journalist
Being intellectually hospitable is a virtue that I bring into the interview space.
Quote examples
Daria Werbowy
Ukrainian Model
India is such a hospitable country.
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