Hospitality

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˌhɒspɪˈtælɪti/ 🇺🇸 /ˌhɑspəˈtælətiː/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers.; The business or industry of providing food, drink, accommodation, and related services to guests, especially in hotels, restaurants, and resorts.; The provision of food, drink, entertainment, or accommodation, especially as a commercial service or corporate perk offered to clients or employees.; In philosophy and ethics, the moral obligation or virtue of welcoming and caring for strangers, refugees, or those in need of shelter.; A willingness to accept or tolerate new ideas, people, or situations; openness and receptiveness.

🔗 Details

Word forms

uncountable

Collocations

hospitality industryhospitality sectorshow hospitalityextend hospitalitywarm hospitalitygenerous hospitality

Derivatives

hospitablehospitablyhospitalhosthostess

Synonyms

warmthgenerosityfriendlinesscordialitywelcomingopenness

Antonyms

hostilityunfriendlinesscoldness

Commonly confused

hostility
EN: 'Hospitality' means warm and generous reception of guests; 'hostility' means unfriendliness or aggression — they look similar but are near-opposites.

Spelling tips

EN: Do not confuse 'hospitality' with 'hostility'; note the 'p' in 'hospitality' and the 't' in 'hostility'.

💬 Examples

  1. The family was known throughout the village for their warm hospitality.

  2. She studied hospitality management at university and now works for a luxury hotel chain.

  3. The company's corporate hospitality budget was cut significantly this year.

  4. Derrida explored the concept of unconditional hospitality as an ethical ideal that can never be fully realized.

  5. The university showed great hospitality toward interdisciplinary research approaches.