hostage
11hostage */ — UK [ˈhɒstɪdʒ] / US [ˈhɑstɪdʒ] noun [countable] Word forms hostage : singular hostage plural hostages a person who is the prisoner of someone who threatens to kill them if they do not get what they want The President is making every effort to… …
12hostage — 01. The [hostages] were finally liberated by the police after 3 days. 02. The terrorists have said that they will begin killing the [hostages] at midnight if their demands are not met. 03. The Chicken People of Jupiter are holding our astronauts… …
13hostage — hos|tage [ hastıdʒ ] noun count * a person who is the prisoner of someone who threatens to kill them if they do not get what they want: The President is making every effort to obtain the release of the hostages. take someone hostage: Six visiting …
14hostage — noun (C) 1 someone who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy so that the other side will do what the enemy demands: hold sb hostage (=keep someone as a hostage): The group are holding three western tourists hostage. | take sb hostage (=seize someone… …
15hostage — hostageship, n. /hos tij/, n., v., hostaged, hostaging. n. 1. a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another. 2. Archaic. a security or pledge. 3. Obs. the condition of a hostage …
16hostage — hos|tage [ˈhɔstıdʒ US ˈha: ] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: hoste; HOST1] 1.) someone who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy so that the other side will do what the enemy demands →↑kidnap ▪ The group are holding two western tourists… …
17Hostage — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Hostage Produktionsland USA …
18hostage — n. 1) to take smb. hostage 2) to seize, take hostages 3) to hold smb. (as a) hostage * * * [ hɒstɪdʒ] take hostages to hold smb. (as a) hostage to seize to take smb. hostage …
19hostage — [13] Despite its similarity, hostage is not related to any of the English words host. It comes via Old French hostage from *obsidāticum, a Vulgar Latin derivative of late Latin obsidātus ‘condition of being held as a security for the fulfilment… …
20hostage — [13] Despite its similarity, hostage is not related to any of the English words host. It comes via Old French hostage from *obsidāticum, a Vulgar Latin derivative of late Latin obsidātus ‘condition of being held as a security for the fulfilment… …
