housing
The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someoneThe activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
» Tom lives in the same housing complex as Mary.
Том живе у тому ж житловому комплексі, що й Мері.
Meaning
9 senses(uncountable)The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
Housing of homeless families is a priority.
(uncountable)Residences, collectively.
She lives in low-income housing.
Wohnungen
жильёžilʹjó
structures collectively in which people are housed
(countable)A mechanical component's container or covering.
The gears were grinding against their housing.
ко́жухkóžux, футля́рfutljár, чехо́лčexól
a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component
(countable, uncountable)A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
(countable, uncountable)An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
(countable, uncountable)The space taken out of one solid to admit the insertion of part of another, such as the end of one timber in the side of another.
(countable, uncountable)A niche for a statue.
(countable, uncountable)That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
(countable, uncountable)A houseline.
Examples
131 sentencesTom lives in the same housing complex as Mary.
Том живе у тому ж житловому комплексі, що й Мері.
Tom lives in the same housing complex as Mary does.
Том живе у тому ж житловому комплексі, що й Мері.
I heard about your housing situation.
deIch habe von deinen Wohnverhältnissen gehört.
The government isn't doing its best to solve the housing problem.
The government is not doing its best to solve the housing problem.
deDie Regierung tut nicht ihr Bestes, um das Wohnraumproblem zu lösen.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English housynge, housinge, from housen (“to house, shelter; receive into one'From Middle English housynge, housinge, from housen (“to house, shelter; receive into one's house”), equivalent to house + -ing. Cognate with Scots housing (“housing”), Old Frisian hūsinge (whence Saterland Frisian Huzenge); compare also Dutch huizing, behuizing (“housing”), Low German husing, hüsing (“housing”), German Behausung (“housing”), Swedish inhysing (“housing”).
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Forms
plural: housingsSynonyms
4 synonyms- structures collectively in which people are housed:lodgingliving accommodations
- stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse:caparisontrapping
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
20 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable