to house
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2.5
- verb
- /haʊs/
- The local shelter is designed to house families in need of assistance.
- house students
- house immigrants
- housed in facilities
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- Has houses in it that house both males and females.
- How this how, how these people are later on housed and go back to work.
Examples
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The school has been housed in four buildings on three different bases over the years.
Academic text (2015) -
Nearly all of the preparation programs were housed in colleges or schools of education.
Academic text (1994) -
The American team was housed in a boat.
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Having relevant student information housed on a portable device also makes planning from home much easier.
Academic text (2013) -
The first plants arrive and have to be housed temporarily in a nearby greenhouse.
Academic text (1994) -
In exchange, these men would often be fed, clothed, housed, and armed by their Prince.
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The lucky few who escaped unharmed were fed and housed at the Soldier's Home.
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With both regulatory and investigative duties, the Bureau was housed within the U.S. Treasury Department.
Academic text (2015) -
A low wall of branches surrounded the twin buildings that housed the clinic and missionary school.
Fiction book (1997) -
See that he's comfortably housed and well-fed, and has a fire if he needs one.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
32
3.3
Let someone stay in your home for a short time
3
7.9
To make a place your official home for legal and tax purposes
1
4.9
To find someone a place to live, often in a care center or family
1
4.6
Provide a person or family with a new home after they lose their home
To start living in a certain place as your home, sometimes for legal reasons
Idioms
- Informal
19
5.1
A plan or organization that seems strong but is actually weak and likely to fail
- Informal
2
7.5
To eat so much at someone's home that they have almost no food left
- Informal
1
6.5
Suddenly fail completely because it is weak or badly built
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
814
1.9
The government building in Washington, D.C. where the US president lives and works
181
3.0
The lower law-making part of the United States Congress with people chosen from each state by population
39
4.6
A place where people live while they recover from addiction or return from prison and prepare to live alone
24
3.0
A company that sells things to the person who pays the most, often paintings or antiques
15
3.5
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
11
2.1
A small model house with tiny furniture that children play with using dolls
8
4.1
The upper house of the UK Parliament made of appointed and hereditary members who review laws
- Specialized
7
4.5
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
4
9.9
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
3
3.7
A house that is old and kept because it has an important past and is often open to visitors
- Specialized
3
4.8
An organization that collects and shares information or payments between other groups
2
2.8
A person who stays in and looks after a house while the owners are away, often without pay
2
3.9
The royal family that has ruled the United Kingdom and other countries in the Commonwealth since 1917
How Permanent
Surface Forms
Etymology
To house someone comes from the noun house (old English hus) meaning 'shelter', so the verb means to give someone a place to live or to put them into a house.