Meaning

7 senses

  1. (transitive)To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).

    A couple of ghosts haunt the old, burnt-down house.

    herumspuken in, spuken in, heimsuchen

    посеща́тьposeščátʹ, навеща́тьnaveščátʹ, появля́тьсяpojavljátʹsja

    відвідуватиvidviduvaty, навідуватиnaviduvaty, вчащатиvčaščaty

  2. (transitive)To make uneasy, restless.

    The memory of his past failures haunted him.

    пресле́доватьpreslédovatʹ

    тривожитиtryvožyty, мучитиmučyty

  3. (transitive)To stalk; to follow.

    The policeman haunted him, following him everywhere.

    verfolgen

    пресле́доватьpreslédovatʹ

    переслі́дуватиpereslíduvaty

    follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to

  4. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to.

  5. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)To practise; to devote oneself to.

  6. (intransitive)To persist in staying or visiting.

  7. (archaic, intransitive)To live habitually; to stay, to remain.

    обита́тьobitátʹ

    мешкатиmeškaty, проживатиprožyvaty

Examples

367 sentences

  1. I went to a haunted house.

    Я пішов до будинку з привидами. — deniko

    ruЯ пошёл в дом с привидениями. — odexed

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  2. Tom thinks his house is haunted.

    Том думає, що в його будинку є привиди. — deniko

    ruТом думает, что у него в доме привидения. — marafon

    deTom glaubt, bei ihm zu Hause spuke es. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. They say this old house is haunted.

    Кажуть, що у старому будинку живуть привиди. — aandrusiak

    ruГоворят, что в старом доме живут привидения. — shanghainese

    deMan sagt, dass in dem alten Haus ein Gespenst lebt. — Manfredo

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  4. How do you know your house is haunted?

    Звідки ти знаєш, що в твоєму будинку живуть привиди? — deniko

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  5. The house is haunted.

    У будинку живуть привиди. — aandrusiak

    ruВ этом доме живут привидения. — sigavax

    deIm Haus spukt es. — Sudajaengi

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
to inhabit, or visit frequently:
to make uneasy:
to stalk:
to live habitually:
Русский
By meaning 3
to inhabit, or visit frequently:
to make uneasy:
to live habitually:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to inhabit, or visit frequently:
to stalk:

Origin

From Middle English haunten (“to reside, inhabit, use, employ”), from Old French hanter (“

From Middle English haunten (“to reside, inhabit, use, employ”), from Old French hanter (“to inhabit, frequent, resort to”), from Old Northern French hanter (“to go back home, frequent”), from Old Norse heimta (“to bring home, fetch”) or/and from Old English hāmettan (“to bring home; house; cohabit with”); both from Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (“to house, bring home”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“village, home”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village”).

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Forms

haunts, haunting, haunted, haunted
Base formhaunt · to haunt
3rd person singularhaunts
Present participlehaunting
Past simplehaunted
Past participlehaunted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhaunt
he, she, ithaunts

Past simpleLesson

all personshaunted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave haunted
he, she, ithas haunted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill haunt

Synonyms

7 synonyms
to live habitually:liveA1
to make uneasy:nag
dwell
Close in meaning
  • haunt like a ghost; pursue:obsessghost
  • follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to:stalk
  • be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place:frequent

Word family

8 related words
Deriveddehauntdishaunthauntablehaunteehaunterhauntologyhauntsomehaunty

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hatterhaughtyC2haulhauntinglyC2hautehaveA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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