dwelling
dwelling · dwellings
житло, помешкання
жилище, жильё
Wohnung, Wohnsitz, Behausung, Wohnstätte
A house or place in which a person livesA house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.
/ˈdwɛl.ɪŋ/
» There's no point in dwelling on the past.
Meaning
1 sensesA house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.
The old house served as a dwelling for Albert.
Wohnsitz, Wohnung, Behausung
жили́щеžilíšče, жильёžilʹjó
житло́žytló, поме́шканняpoméškannja
More definitions
- housing that someone is living in
Examples
40 sentencesThere's no point in dwelling on the past.
Enter our humble dwelling.
I departed from you, my dwelling.
What's the value of this dwelling?
There's no point in dwelling on details.
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
house or place in which a person lives:
Русский
By meaning 1
house or place in which a person lives:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
house or place in which a person lives:
Origin
From Middle English dwellynge, dwellyng (“delay, continuance, abode”), equivalent to dwellFrom Middle English dwellynge, dwellyng (“delay, continuance, abode”), equivalent to dwell + -ing. More at dwell.
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Forms
plural: dwellingsSynonyms
17 synonymshabitationC2homeA1homesteadC2padB2placeA1residenceB2abodecribdigsdomicilefloppied-à-terrequarterswoning
Close in meaning
- housing that someone is living in:homedomicileabodehabitationdwelling house