house
- noun
- /haʊs/
- Formal
- The new law was passed unanimously in the House of Representatives, showing strong bipartisan support.
- lower house
- upper house
- House of Parliament
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Watch on YouTubeYeah, I would point you to the House committee in Congress.
- Yeah, I would point you to the House committee in Congress.
- They have the courts, they have the House and the Senate.
- Like right now there's no member of of the House Freedom Caucus on Intel.
- And Kevin McCarthy on the right in the House says, you know what?
- Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the House and chaos.
- But Congress, just the House just passed the law bipartisan.
- So there's a lot more in the House of the ACA that stands.
- He was running for speaker of the House and the USUS Congress.
Examples
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When Jo Cox was killed, this House lost one of its best.
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Speaker, let this be the message from this House and this Nation Today.
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Well, in Scotland, the Leader of the House is correct to say.
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Yeah, I would point you to the House committee in Congress.
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If the changes are accepted by both houses, the bill is sent to the governor for signature.
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First, the Budget Committees of both houses establish overall spending levels.
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But Congress, just the House just passed the law bipartisan.
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He left the House because of the report.
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They have the courts, they have the House and the Senate.
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The Irish Parliamentary Party, under its hugely popular leader John Redmond has been agitating in the British house of Parliament for a limited form of Irish self-governance, to be known as Home Rule.
Synonyms
A part of the United States government where elected members make laws, two from each state
The group of people who make and pass a country's laws
A group of people who make and change the laws of a country or region
The lower law-making part of the United States Congress with people chosen from each state by population
A group of people who meet to make official decisions
The national group of elected people who make and change laws
The part of the United States Congress where elected representatives make laws
The national parliament of Israel that makes laws and checks the government
A group that makes laws for the United Kingdom with two parts, Commons and Lords
An official group of people who make and change laws for a country or state
The upper house of the UK Parliament made of appointed and hereditary members who review laws
A group of people who make laws for a state or country
A group of elected people who make and change laws for a country or region
A group of representatives who make and change laws for a state or organization
A group that made laws in colonial Virginia and was the first elected assembly in America
The group in Poland that makes laws and has two houses, the Sejm and the Senate
The elected part of the British Parliament that makes laws and represents the public
Idioms
- Informal
A plan or organization that seems strong but is actually weak and likely to fail
- Informal
To eat so much at someone's home that they have almost no food left
- Informal
Suddenly fail completely because it is weak or badly built
Compounds
The government building in Washington, D.C. where the US president lives and works
The lower law-making part of the United States Congress with people chosen from each state by population
A place where people live while they recover from addiction or return from prison and prepare to live alone
A company that sells things to the person who pays the most, often paintings or antiques
The elected lower house of the United Kingdom Parliament that makes and passes laws
The part of the United States Congress with elected representatives that makes and passes federal laws
- Baby Talk
A small model house with tiny furniture that children play with using dolls
The upper house of the UK Parliament made of appointed and hereditary members who review laws
- Specialized
A company that buys and sells stocks or other investments for clients
A lower house of the United States Congress where members elected from each state make and pass national laws
- Slur
A very offensive racial insult for Black people once used for slaves in the owner's house and now unacceptable
The lower house of the United States Congress with 435 elected members who make national laws
A house that is old and kept because it has an important past and is often open to visitors
- Specialized
An organization that collects and shares information or payments between other groups
A person who stays in and looks after a house while the owners are away, often without pay
The royal family that has ruled the United Kingdom and other countries in the Commonwealth since 1917
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Surface Forms
Etymology
A political house comes from a building where people meet to make laws, so the word now names an official assembly of members who gather to debate and decide rules.