House Definition
house
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English
Etymology
From Middle English hous, hus, from Old English hūs (“dwelling, shelter, house”), from Proto-Germanic *hūsan (compare Dutch huis, Low German Huus, German Haus), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keus-, from *(s)keu- 'to hide'. More at hose.
Pronunciation
Noun
The house of a Japanese rice farmer.house (plural houses or (dialectal) housen)
- A structure serving as an abode of human beings.
- This is my house and my family's ancestral home.
- The mode of living as if in a house.
- They set up house in a posh apartment.
- The usual place to find an object or an animal.
- The photo was put in its little house.
- A structure to protect or store something or someone.
- The former carriage house had been made over into a guest house.
- A protective structure on the deck of a ship.
- A pilot took charge of the wheel house until the ship was moored.
- A theatre building, or the audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
- After her swan-song, there wasn't a dry eye in the house.
- Is there a doctor in the house?
- (politics) A deliberative assembly forming a component of a legislature, or, more rarely, the room or building in which such an assembly normally meets.
- An establishment, whether actual, as a pub, or virtual, as a website.
- (business) A company or organisation.
- A small publishing house would have a contract with an independent fulfillment house.
- A dynasty, a familial descendance, for example, a royal House.
- The current Queen is from the House of Windsor.
- (astrology) One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
- A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.
- I was a member of Spenser house when I was at school.
- House music.
- (curling) The three concentric circles where points are scored on the ice
- An early or alternative name for the game bingo.
- (UK) A complete set of numbers in bingo.
- (uncountable, US) An aggregate of characteristics of a house.
- 1990 Feb 24, “Goin' South Affordable is trendy in these suburbs”, Chicago Tribune:
- In comparison with the western suburbs, we felt we could get a lot more house for the money.
- 2005 Jan 16, “DOWNSIZERS LIVE IT UP - BABY BOOMERS WANT SMALLER HOMES WITH LOTS OF...”, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
- There's just a huge number of people who are close to retirement and feel they have too much house on too much property.
- 2007 Nov 6, “When Will the Slump End?”, Newsweek:
- Those homeowners who bought too much house, or borrowed against inflated values are now going to be liable for their own poor decisions
- 1990 Feb 24, “Goin' South Affordable is trendy in these suburbs”, Chicago Tribune:
- (Discuss(+) this sense) (uncountable) A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.
- As the babysitter, Emma always acted as the mother whenever the kids demanded to play house.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from house (noun)
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External links
- house on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- house (astrology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:house (astrology)
- house (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:house (disambiguation)
Verb
house (third-person singular simple present houses, present participle housing, simple past and past participle housed)
- (transitive) To keep within a structure or container.
- The car is housed in the garage.
- (transitive) To admit to residence; to harbor/harbour.
- (transitive, astrology) To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
- (transitive) To contain or cover mechanical parts.
Synonyms
- (keep within a structure or container): store
- (admit to residence): accommodate, harbor/harbour, host, put up
- (contain or enclose mechanical parts): enclose
Translations
keep within a structure or container
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Czech
Pronunciation
- SAMPA: /h\o_use/
Noun
house n.
Declension
declension of house| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | house | housata |
| genitive | housete | housat |
| dative | houseti | housatům |
| accusative | house | housata |
| vocative | house | housata |
| locative | houseti | housatech |
| instrumental | housetem | housaty |
Dutch
Noun
house c.
- house music, house
Finnish
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: hou‧se
- IPA: /ˈhouse(ʔ)/
Noun
house (uncountable)
- (music) house music, house
Declension
Declension of house (type valo)
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French
Noun
house f. (usually uncountable)
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Norwegian
Noun
house
- house music, house
Polish
Etymology
English house music
Pronunciation
- IPA: /xaws/
Noun
house m.
Declension
| Singular only | |
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| Nominative | house (IPA: /xaws/) |
| Genitive | house'u (IPA: /ˈxawsu/) |
| Dative | house'owi (IPA: /xawˈsɔvi/) |
| Accusative | house (IPA: /xaws/) |
| Instrumental | house'em (IPA: /ˈxawsɛm/) |
| Locative | housie (IPA: /ˈxawɕɛ/) |
| Vocative | housie (IPA: /ˈxawɕɛ/) |
Portuguese
Noun
house m.
- house music, house
Synonyms
- música house
Spanish
Noun
house m. (usually uncountable)
- house music, house
Swedish
Noun
house c.
- house music, house
Declension
Declension of house| uncountable | uncountable | |||
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| Common | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative | house | housen | ||
| genitive | houses | housens | ||
Synonyms
- housemusik, house-musik
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