house

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[edit] English

[edit] 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.

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The house of a Japanese rice farmer.

house (plural houses or (dialectal) housen)

  1. A structure serving as an abode of human beings.
    This is my house and my family's ancestral home.
  2. The mode of living as if in a house.
    They set up house in a posh apartment.
  3. The usual place to find an object or an animal.
    The photo was put in its little house.
  4. A structure to protect or store something or someone.
    The former carriage house had been made over into a guest house.
  5. A protective structure on the deck of a ship.
    A pilot took charge of the wheel house until the ship was moored.
  6. 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?
  7. (politics) A deliberative assembly forming a component of a legislature, or, more rarely, the room or building in which such an assembly normally meets.
  8. ​ An establishment, whether actual, as a pub, or virtual, as a website.
  9. (business) A company or organisation.
    A small publishing house would have a contract with an independent fulfillment house.
  10. A dynasty, a familial descendance, for example, a royal House.
    The current Queen is from the House of Windsor.
  11. (astrology) One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
  12. 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.
  13. House music.
  14. (curling) The three concentric circles where points are scored on the ice
  15. An early or alternative name for the game bingo.
  16. (UK) A complete set of numbers in bingo.
  17. (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
  18. (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.

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  • (establishment): shop
  • (company or organisation): shop

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Terms derived from house (noun)

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abode
archetypal structure of a human abode
usual place to find an animal or an object
auditorium for a theatre
the theatre itself
debating chamber for government politicians
an establishment
the inner workings, as of a clock
dynasty, familiar descendance
astrology: one of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart
grouping of schoolchildren
genre of music — see house music
curling: three concentric circles
early or alternative name for the game bingo
bingo: complete set of numbers

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house (third-person singular simple present houses, present participle housing, simple past and past participle housed)

  1. (transitive) To keep within a structure or container.
    The car is housed in the garage.
  2. (transitive) To admit to residence; to harbor/harbour.
  3. (transitive, astrology) To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
  4. (transitive) To contain or cover mechanical parts.

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keep within a structure or container
admit to residence
dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses
contain or enclose mechanical parts

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house n.

  1. gosling

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    declension of house
singular plural
nominative house housata
genitive housete housat
dative houseti housatům
accusative house housata
vocative house housata
locative houseti housatech
instrumental housetem housaty

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house c.

  1. house music, house

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  • Hyphenation: hou‧se
  • IPA: /ˈhouse(ʔ)/

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house (uncountable)

  1. (music) house music, house

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Declension of house (type valo)
singular plural
nominative house –
genitive housen –
partitive housea –
accusative house
housen		 –
inessive housessa –
elative housesta –
illative houseen –
adessive housella –
ablative houselta –
allative houselle –
essive housena –
translative houseksi –
instructive – –
abessive housetta –
comitative – –

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house f. (usually uncountable)

  1. house music, house

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house

  1. house music, house

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English house music

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  • IPA: /ˈhaws/

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house m.

  1. house, house music
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Singular only
Nominative house (IPA: /ˈhaws/)
Genitive house'u (IPA: /ˈhawsu/)
Dative house'owi (IPA: /hawˈsɔvi/)
Accusative house (IPA: /ˈhaws/)
Instrumental house'em (IPA: /ˈhawsɛm/)
Locative housie (IPA: /ˈhawɕɛ/)
Vocative housie (IPA: /ˈhawɕɛ/)

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house m.

  1. house music, house

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house m. (usually uncountable)

  1. house music, house

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house c.

  1. house music, house

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Declension of house
uncountable uncountable
Common indefinite definite
nominative house housen
genitive houses housens

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