house
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- noun
- /haสs/
:
hogar
- It's so hard to run a house and like raise children.
- keep house
We are stuck in the same house together for five months.
- We are stuck in the same house together for five months.
- And now we are all in the house together.
- My text tonight is get your house in order.
- It's so hard to run a house and like raise children.
- But I there was peace in my house for the first time in years.
- And men feel more comfortable in the men's house where only men can go.
Examples
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Still here in this house with more kids, right?
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They moved into a new house to start their life as a family.
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We are stuck in the same house together for five months.
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And now we are all in the house together.
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If ever you go East, brother... come out to our house for dinner.
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We decided to share the house, to live together, with no hard rules.
Fiction book (1990) -
We met each week in a different house, sitting around the dining room table with our work.
Academic text (1992) -
When I first pulled up to the house, I made the mistake of judging the family.
Academic text (2012) -
So I knew my dad's house was a safe place for him.
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You bring brightness into our house, my son, but the world needs you.
Synonyms
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People who live together in one home, usually parents and their children
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The people who live together in one home, often a family
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1.8
A group of parents and their children who live together
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9.3
A household of people who live together and share everyday life
People who live together in one house
Idioms
- Informal
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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
- Literature
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The people who work for the US president and make government decisions
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The lower law-making part of the United States Congress with people chosen from each state by population
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The government building in Washington, D.C. where the US president lives and works
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The elected lower house of the United Kingdom Parliament that makes and passes laws
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A place where people live while they recover from addiction or return from prison and prepare to live alone
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A company that sells things to the person who pays the most, often paintings or antiques
The part of the United States Congress with elected representatives that makes and passes federal laws
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The upper house of the UK Parliament made of appointed and hereditary members who review laws
- Specialized
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4.5
A company that buys and sells stocks or other investments for clients
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3.3
The elected part of the British Parliament that makes laws and represents the public
A lower house of the United States Congress where members elected from each state make and pass national laws
The lower house of the United States Congress with 435 elected members who make national laws
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The elected part of the United Kingdom Parliament that makes and approves laws
- Baby Talk
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A small model house with tiny furniture that children play with using dolls
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A house that is old and kept because it has an important past and is often open to visitors
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Work that covers the inside or outside of a house with color to protect and decorate it
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A person who stays in and looks after a house while the owners are away, often without pay
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The upper house of the UK Parliament with appointed, hereditary, and clergy members who review laws
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Etymology
House comes from old English hus meaning 'dwelling', and people who lived in that dwelling were called the 'house', so house can mean the group of people or household who live together.