Meaning

26 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.

    This is my house and my family's ancestral home.

  2. A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.

    (Hong Kong, countable, uncountable)An apartment building within a public housing estate.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A container; a thing which houses another.

  4. (uncountable)Size and quality of residential accommodations; housing.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A building intended to contain a single household, as opposed to an apartment or condominium or building containing these.

  6. (countable, uncountable)The people who live in a house; a household.

  7. (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.

  8. 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.

    Haus, Kammer

    пала́таpaláta

    пала́таpaláta

  9. (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

  10. (countable, historical, uncountable)A workhouse.

  11. (countable, uncountable)The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.

    After her swan-song, there wasn't a dry eye in the house.

  12. (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 sentences
  1. Please wait outside of the house.

    Зачекай надворі, будь ласка.

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  2. Which house did you live in?

    У якому будинку ти жив?

    ruВ каком доме ты жила?

    deIn welchem Haus hast du gewohnt?

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  3. The house is made of stone.

    Будинок побудований з каменю.

    ruДом построен из камня.

    deDas Haus ist aus Stein gebaut.

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  4. The house was destroyed by fire.

    Будинок був зруйнований вогнем.

    ruДом был разрушен огнём.

    deDas Haus wurde durch Feuer zerstört.

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  5. This house has a solid foundation.

    Цей будинок має міцний фундамент.

    ruУ этого дома прочный фундамент.

    deDieses Haus steht auf festem Grund.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
human abode:
debating chamber for government politicians:
Русский
By meaning 3
human abode:
debating chamber for government politicians:
dynasty, familiar descendance:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
human abode:
debating chamber for government politicians:
children's game:

Origin

From Middle English hous, hus, from Old English hūs (“dwelling, shelter, house”), from Pro

From 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: houses

Synonyms

14 synonyms
company or organisation:shopA1
Close in meaning

Word family

642 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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