house

CEFRA1

/ˈhaʊ̯s/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A building where people live together as a family.

  2. 02

    verb

    To provide a place for someone or something to live or stay.

Examples

  • Ah! If I were rich, I'd buy myself a house in Spain.

  • You did not need to have your house painted.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈhæʊ̯s/
  • /ˈhuːs/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A container; a thing which houses another.

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

  3. Size and quality of residential accommodations; housing.

More examples

In context

  • We live in a two-bedroom house.

  • On arriving at the zoo, we immediately headed for the monkey house.

  • The former carriage house had been made over into a guest house.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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. Eclipsed non-native Middle English mees, meson, measoun (“house”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman mes, mies, meis, maisun (“house”). The uncommon plural form housen is from Middle English husen, housen. (The Old English nominative plural was simply hūs.) Cognates Cognate with Scots hoose, oos (“house”), Yola heouse, houze, howze (“house”), North Frisian hüs (“house”), Saterland Frisian Huus, Húus (“house”), West Frisian hûs (“house”), Alemannic German hou...