Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hostess
Participle: hostessed
Gerund: hostessing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | hostess |
| you | hostess |
| he;she;it | hostesses |
| we | hostess |
| you | hostess |
| they | hostess |
Perfect
| I | have hostessed |
| you | have hostessed |
| he;she;it | has hostessed |
| we | have hostessed |
| you | have hostessed |
| they | have hostessed |
Past
| I | hostessed |
| you | hostessed |
| he;she;it | hostessed |
| we | hostessed |
| you | hostessed |
| they | hostessed |
Pluperfect
| I | had hostessed |
| you | had hostessed |
| he;she;it | had hostessed |
| we | had hostessed |
| you | had hostessed |
| they | had hostessed |
Future
| I | will hostess |
| you | will hostess |
| he;she;it | will hostess |
| we | will hostess |
| you | will hostess |
| they | will hostess |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hostessed |
| you | will have hostessed |
| he;she;it | will have hostessed |
| we | will have hostessed |
| you | will have hostessed |
| they | will have hostessed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hostess |
| you | hostess |
| he;she;it | hostess |
| we | hostess |
| you | hostess |
| they | hostess |
Perfect
| I | have hostessed |
| you | have hostessed |
| he;she;it | have hostessed |
| we | have hostessed |
| you | have hostessed |
| they | have hostessed |
Imperfect
| I | hostessed |
| you | hostessed |
| he;she;it | hostessed |
| we | hostessed |
| you | hostessed |
| they | hostessed |
Pluperfect
| I | had hostessed |
| you | had hostessed |
| he;she;it | had hostessed |
| we | had hostessed |
| you | had hostessed |
| they | had hostessed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hostess |
| you | would hostess |
| he;she;it | would hostess |
| we | would hostess |
| you | would hostess |
| they | would hostess |
Perfect
| I | would have hostessed |
| you | would have hostessed |
| he;she;it | would have hostessed |
| we | would have hostessed |
| you | would have hostessed |
| they | would have hostessed |
Imperative
| you | hostess |
| we | Let's hostess |
| you | hostess |
Verbs conjugated like 'hostess'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hostess'
cohostess,
hostel,
possess,
abscess,
assess,
confess,
contest,
costean,
costen,
cotest,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English hostesse, from Middle French hostesse, from Old French ostesce, made up of oste (“host”) + -esce (“feminine marker”).
Sample Sentences
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Later in January, the alum club hostessed the initiation brunch at the Pi Beta Phi chapter house. It was thrilling to see so many girls with such enthusiasm! [1975, The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi, volume 92, number 2, page 69:]
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Over the years she has maintained a close relationship with several former students. Currently, she alternates between visiting and hostessing two in Roanoke and Greenville, N.C., respectively, and is a proud godgrandmother to one’s new baby. [1986 fall, MWC Today, volume 11, number 1, page 21, column 1:]
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Dad and I had left early to make sure to get a booth in the back. But when I got there, Teddy Selander’s older sister was hostessing and she said, ‘You’re meeting Dean West? He’s sitting right over here,’ loud enough for everyone to hear. [2009, Eireann Corrigan, Accomplice, Frome, Som: The Chicken House, published 2010, →ISBN, page 161:]