house

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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noun, verb
+ noun
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building
1 [C] a building for people to live in, usually for one family: He went into the house. + a two-bedroom house + Let's have the party at my house. + House prices in London are still falling. + What time do you leave the house in the morning (= to go to work)? + We went on a tour of the house and grounds (for example, at a country house, open to the public).
See also - PENTHOUSE, SAFE HOUSE, SHOW HOUSE
2 [sing.] all the people living in a house
Synonym: HOUSEHOLD
Be quiet or you'll wake the whole house!
3 [C] (in compounds) a building used for a particular purpose, for example for holding meetings in or keeping animals or goods in: an opera house + a hen house
See also - DOGHOUSE, DOSSHOUSE, HALFWAY HOUSE, HOTHOUSE, LIGHTHOUSE, MADHOUSE, OUTHOUSE, STOREHOUSE, WAREHOUSE
4 (House) [sing.] (BrE) used in the names of office buildings: Their offices are on the second floor of Chester House.
company / institution
5 [C] (in compounds) a company involved in a particular kind of business; an institution of a particular kind: a fashion / banking / publishing house + a religious house (= a CONVENT or a MONASTERY)
See also - CLEARING HOUSE, IN-HOUSE
restaurant
6 [C] (in compounds) a restaurant: a steakhouse + a coffee house + a bottle of house wine (= the cheapest wine available in a particular restaurant, not usually listed by name)
See also - FREE HOUSE, PUBLIC HOUSE, ROADHOUSE, TIED HOUSE
parliament
7 [C] (often House) a group of people who meet to discuss and make the laws of a country: Legislation requires approval by both houses of parliament.
See also - LOWER HOUSE, UPPER HOUSE
8 (the House) [sing.] the House of Commons or the House of Lords in Britain; the House of Representatives in the US
in debate
9 (the house) [sing.] a group of people discussing sth in a formal debate: I urge the house to vote against the motion.
in theatre
10 [C] the part of a theatre where the audience sits; the audience at a particular performance: playing to a full / packed / empty house (= to a large / small audience) + The spotlight faded and the house lights came up.
See also - FRONT-OF-HOUSE, FULL HOUSE
in school
11 [C] an organized group of students of different ages who may live in the same building and who compete against other groups in sports competitions, etc.
family
12 [C] (usually the House of ...) an old and famous family: the House of Windsor (= the British royal family)
music
13 [U] = HOUSE MUSIC
See also - ACID HOUSE, ART-HOUSE, OPEN HOUSE, POWERHOUSE, TREASURE HOUSE
Help Note: There are many other compounds ending in house. You will find them at their place in the alphabet.
Idioms: bring the house down to make everyone laugh or CHEER, especially at a performance in the theatre
get on like a house on fire (BrE) (AmE get along like a house on fire) (informal) (of people) to become friends quickly and have a very friendly relationship
go all round the houses (BrE, informal) to do sth or ask a question in a very complicated way instead of in a simple, direct way: You did go all round the houses didn't you? Why not get straight to the point?
in house if you work in house, you work in the offices of a company or an organization, not at home
keep house to cook, clean and do all the other jobs around the house: She had given up her career to devote herself to the task of keeping house and raising a family.
on the house drinks or meals that are on the house are provided free by the pub/bar or restaurant and you do not have to pay: Have a drink on the house.
put / set your (own) house in order to organize your own business or improve your own behaviour before you try to criticize sb else
set up house to make a place your home: They set up house together in a small flat in Brighton.
more at CLEAN v., EAT, PEOPLE n., SAFE adj.
+ verb [VN]
provide home
1 to provide a place for sb to live: The government is committed to housing the refugees.
keep sth
2 to be the place where sth is kept or where sth operates from: The gallery houses 2 000 works of modern art. + The museum is housed in the Old Court House. + These offices also house a printing firm. + The books were housed in glass-fronted cases.(also house)
+ noun
[U] a type of popular dance music with a fast beat, played on electronic instruments

Thesaurus dictionary

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n.

1 residence, dwelling, dwelling-place, home, abode, household, homestead, domicile, lodging(s), quarters, building, edifice:

We are playing bridge at my house next Saturday.

2 family, line, lineage, dynasty, clan, ancestry, strain, race, blood, descendants, forebears:

She is a member of the royal house of Sweden.

3 legislature, legislative body, congress, parliament, assembly, council, diet:

Both houses of the legislature passed the bill.

4 establishment, firm, concern, company, business, organization, enterprise, undertaking, Colloq outfit:

He has gone from one publishing house to another with his manuscript.

5 auditorium, theatre, concert-hall:

The house is sold out.

6 house of ill repute or ill fame or prostitution, brothel, whore-house, bagnio, bordello, Archaic bawdy-house, Colloq sporting house, crib, Slang US cat-house:

She used to run a house in Lambeth.

7 on the house. free, gratis, for nothing, as a gift:

Drinks will be on the house tonight to celebrate the tenth anniversary of our opening.

v.

8 shelter, accommodate, domicile, lodge, quarter, put up, take in, board, billet, harbour:

We have housed as many as ten people at a time in the cottage.

9 contain, accommodate, quarter:

This building houses our computer operations.

Collocation dictionary

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¹ building that is made for one family to live in

ADJ.

beautiful, comfortable, delightful, elegant, fine, grand, handsome, lovely, luxurious, magnificent, posh, pretty, splendid | dream

They built their own dream house overlooking the river.

| depressing, dingy, gloomy, ugly | derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, shabby, untidy | detached, semi-detached, terrace/terraced | big, enormous, gigantic, huge, large, palatial, spacious | rambling

It was easy to get lost in the rambling house.

| little, modest, small, tiny

They lived in a modest semi-detached house in the suburbs.

| single-storey, single-storeyed, two-storey, etc. | four-bedroom, four-bedroomed, eight-room, eight-roomed, etc. | gabled, half-timbered, red-brick, thatched | exclusive, expensive | private | council

(= rented from the local council)

| rented | empty, unoccupied, vacant | country, suburban, town | great, manor, mansion

The great house stood on the edge of the village.

| farm

(also

farmhouse

),

ranch | ancestral | communal | summer | tree | halfway, safe

a halfway house for prisoners returning to society The police provided a safe house for the informer.

VERB + HOUSE

live in, occupy

a house occupied by students

| share

She shares a house with three other nurses.

| buy, rent | sell | let (out)

We let out our house when we moved to America.

| repossess

Their house was repossessed when they couldn't keep up their mortgage payments.

| move, move into, move out of

It's stressful moving house.

| set up

They want to set up house together

| keep

She kept house (= cooked, cleaned, etc.)for her elderly parents.

| play (at)

The children were playing house, giving dinner to their teddies.

| build | demolish, knock down, tear down | maintain | decorate, do up, redecorate, refurbish, renovate

They bought a dilapidated house when they got married, and are gradually doing it up.

| furnish | insulate, rewire | extend

We're hoping to extend the house.

HOUSE + VERB

be situated, lie, stand

The house stood a short distance from the wood.

| face sth, overlook sth

The house faces south, making the most of the sun. houses overlooking the park

| loom

The house loomed over him as he waited at the front door.

| be worth sth | collapse, fall down | burn down, catch fire | come into view

HOUSE + NOUN

agent | buyer, owner

The bank offers attractive rates to first-time house buyers.

| tenant | building, construction | decoration, improvement, renovation, repairs | builder, decorator, painter | contents | design, plan, planning | hunting | move

They helped us with our house move.

| prices, rents, values | purchase | sales | mortgage | insurance | repossession | front, interior | number | keys | guest | call

In the morning, the doctor makes house calls.

| arrest

The former dictator is under house arrest in his country mansion.

| dust | blaze, fire | party, -warming

They've moved house and have invited us to their house-warming on Saturday.

| husband

He's happy being a house husband while his wife goes out to work.

| plant | fly, mouse, sparrow, etc.

PREP.

at sb's/the ~

I finally tracked him down at his house in London.

| from ~ to ~

She went from house to house collecting signatures for her campaign.

| in a/the ~

It was so hot outside we stayed in the house.

PHRASES

house-to-house

Police are making house-to-house enquiries following the discovery of the body.

² all the people who live in one house

ADJ.

friendly, happy

VERB + HOUSE

wake (up)

You'll wake up the whole house with that noise.

³ in a theatre/cinema

ADJ.

empty | full, packed

VERB + HOUSE

play to

They played to a packed house.

HOUSE + NOUN

lights | manager

PHRASES

bring the house down

(= please the audience very much),

front-of-house

(= the parts of a theatre used by the audience)the front-of-house staff

ADV.

adequately

At no time in the 19th century were the working classes adequately housed.

| badly, inadequately

The losers in this society are the old, the sick, the jobless, the homeless and badly housed.

| temporarily

The fish can be temporarily housed in a smaller aquarium.

Concise English dictionary

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houses|housed|housinghaʊs
noun
+a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
+an official assembly having legislative powers
+a building in which something is sheltered or located
+a social unit living together
+a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
+the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
+aristocratic family line
+the members of a religious community living together
+the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema
+play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults
+(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
+the management of a gambling house or casino
verb
+contain or cover
+provide housing for

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