HOUSE


Meaning of HOUSE in English

(housing, ~d)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.

A ~ is a building in which people live, usually the people belonging to one family.

She has moved to a smaller ~.

...her parents’ ~ in Warwickshire.

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2.

You can refer to all the people who live together in a ~ as the ~.

If he set his alarm clock for midnight, it would wake the whole ~...

= ~hold

N-SING: usu the N

3.

House is used in the names of types of places where people go to eat and drink.

...a steak ~.

...an old Salzburg coffee ~.

N-COUNT: n N

4.

House is used in the names of types of companies, especially ones which publish books, lend money, or design clothes.

Many of the clothes come from the world’s top fashion ~s...

Eventually she was fired from her job at a publishing ~.

N-COUNT: n N

5.

House is sometimes used in the names of office buildings and large private homes or expensive ~s. (mainly BRIT)

I was to go to the very top floor of Bush House in Aldwych.

...Harewood House near Leeds.

N-IN-NAMES: n N

6.

You can refer to the two main bodies of Britain’s parliament and the United States of America’s legislature as the House or a House.

Some members of the House and Senate worked all day yesterday...

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7.

A ~ is a family which has been or will be important for many generations, especially the family of a king or queen.

...the House of Windsor.

N-COUNT: with supp

8.

The ~ is the part of a theatre, cinema, or other place of entertainment where the audience sits. You can also refer to the audience at a particular performance as the ~.

They played in front of a packed ~.

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9.

A restaurant’s ~ wine is the cheapest wine it sells, which is not listed by name on the wine list.

Tweed ordered a carafe of the ~ wine.

ADJ: ADJ n

10.

To ~ someone means to provide a ~ or flat for them to live in.

Part III of the Housing Act 1985 imposes duties on local authorities to ~ homeless people...

Regrettably we have to ~ families in these inadequate flats.

VERB: V n, V n adv/prep

11.

A building or container that ~s something is the place where it is located or from where it operates.

The chateau itself is open to the public and ~s a museum of motorcycles and cars...

VERB: no cont, V n

12.

If you say that a building ~s a number of people, you mean that is the place where they live or where they are staying.

The building will ~ twelve boys and eight girls...

= accommodate

VERB: no cont, V n

13.

see also boarding ~ , chapter ~ , clearing ~ , council ~ , doll’s ~ , full ~ , open ~ , opera ~ , public ~ , Wendy ~ , White House

14.

If a person or their performance or speech brings the ~ down, the audience claps, laughs, or shouts loudly because the performance or speech is very impressive or amusing. (INFORMAL)

It’s really an amazing dance. It just always brings the ~ down.

PHRASE: V inflects

15.

If two people get on like a ~ on fire, they quickly become close friends, for example because they have many interests in common. (INFORMAL)

PHRASE: V inflects

16.

If you are given something in a restaurant or bar on the ~, you do not have to pay for it.

The owner knew about the engagement and brought them glasses of champagne on the ~.

PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v

17.

If someone gets their ~ in order, puts their ~ in order, or sets their ~ in order, they arrange their affairs and solve their problems.

Some think Stempel’s departure will help the company get its financial ~ in order...

PHRASE: V inflects

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