house
A structure built or serving as an abode of human beingsA structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
» Please wait outside of the house.
Зачекай надворі, будь ласка.
Зачекайте надворі, будь ласка.
Meaning
26 senses(countable, uncountable)A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
This is my house and my family's ancestral home.
A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
(Hong Kong, countable, uncountable)An apartment building within a public housing estate.
(countable, uncountable)A container; a thing which houses another.
(uncountable)Size and quality of residential accommodations; housing.
(countable, uncountable)A building intended to contain a single household, as opposed to an apartment or condominium or building containing these.
(countable, uncountable)The people who live in a house; a household.
(countable, uncountable)A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
The former carriage house had been made over into a guest house.
On arriving at the zoo, we immediately headed for the monkey house.
A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
(countable, uncountable)A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier.
A small publishing house would have a contract with an independent fulfillment house.
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(countable, uncountable)A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof.
One more, sir, then I'll have to stop serving you – rules of the house, I'm afraid.
The house always wins.
the management of a gambling house or casino
(countable, historical, uncountable)A workhouse.
(countable, uncountable)The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
After her swan-song, there wasn't a dry eye in the house.
(countable, uncountable)A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature.
The petition was so ridiculous that the house rejected it after minimal debate.
Examples
14876 sentencesPlease wait outside of the house.
Зачекай надворі, будь ласка.
Which house did you live in?
У якому будинку ти жив?
ruВ каком доме ты жила?
deIn welchem Haus hast du gewohnt?
The house is made of stone.
Будинок побудований з каменю.
ruДом построен из камня.
deDas Haus ist aus Stein gebaut.
The house was destroyed by fire.
Будинок був зруйнований вогнем.
ruДом был разрушен огнём.
deDas Haus wurde durch Feuer zerstört.
This house has a solid foundation.
Цей будинок має міцний фундамент.
ruУ этого дома прочный фундамент.
deDieses Haus steht auf festem Grund.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
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Origin
From Middle English hous, hus, from Old English hūs (“dwelling, shelter, house”), from ProFrom Middle English hous, hus, from Old English hūs (“dwelling, shelter, house”), from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kews-, from *(s)kewH- (“to cover, hide”). More at hose.
Probably from The Warehouse, a nightclub in Chicago, Illinois, USA, where the music became popular around 1985.
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Forms
plural: housesSynonyms
14 synonyms- the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments:firmbusiness firm
- a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented:theatertheatre
- a social unit living together:familyhouseholdhomemenage
- (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided:sign of the zodiacstar signsignmansionplanetary house
Word family
642 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Home and furniture — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- buy a house
- in the house
- house on park
- sell his house
- a house in
- my house is
- clean the house
- leave the house
- new house
- have a house
- a new house
- of the house