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• he went into the house.
• a two-bedroom house
• let's have the party at my house.
• house prices

house

1. 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
• What time do you leave the house in the morning (= to go to work)?
• We're moving house (= leaving our house and going to live in a different one).
• We went on a tour of the house and grounds (= for example, at a country house, open to the public).
2. all the people living in a house
• synonym household
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/household_2
• Be quiet or you'll wake the whole house!
3. a building used for a particular purpose, for example for holding meetings in or keeping animals or goods in
• see also doghouse
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/doghouse
• an opera house
• a henhouse
4. used in the names of office buildings
• Their offices are on the second floor of Chester House.
5. a company involved in a particular kind of business; an institution of a particular kind
• see also clearing house
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/clearing-house
• a fashion/banking/publishing, etc. house
• a religious house (= a convent or a monastery)
• I work in house (= in the offices of the company that I work for, not at home).
6. a restaurant
• see also free house
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/free-house
• a steakhouse
• a coffee house
• a bottle of house wine (= the cheapest wine available in a particular restaurant, sometimes not listed by name)
7. a group of people who meet to discuss and make the laws of a country
• see also lower house
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/lower-house
• Legislation requires approval by both houses of parliament.
8. the House of Commons or the House of Lords in Britain; the House of Representatives in the US
9. a group of people discussing something in a formal debate
• I urge the house to vote against the motion.
10. the part of a theatre where the audience sits; the audience at a particular performance
• see also front-of-house
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/front-of-house
• playing to a full/packed/empty house (= to a large/small audience)
• The spotlight faded and the house lights came up.
11. (in some British schools) an organized group of students of different ages who compete against other groups in sports competitions, etc. and who may, in boarding schools, live together in one building
• See related entries: School life
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/school_life/house_3
12. an old and famous family
• the House of Windsor (= the British royal family)
• = house music
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/house-music
13. to make everyone laugh or cheer, especially at a performance in the theatre
14. to remove people or things that are not necessary or wanted
• The new manager said he wanted to clean house.
15. to make your house clean
16. to eat a lot of somebody else’s food
• How much longer is he staying? He’s eating us out of house and home.
17. to become friends quickly and have a very friendly relationship
• See related entries: Friends
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/friends/house_2
18. to do something 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?
19. to cook, clean and do all the other jobs around the house
20. used to say that everyone was very emotional about something
• There wasn't a dry eye in the house when they announced their engagement.
21. 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.
22. you should not criticize other people, because they will easily find ways of criticizing you
23. to organize your own business or improve your own behaviour before you try to criticize somebody else
24. very safe
25. to make a place your home
• They set up house together in a small flat in Brighton.

Extra Examples

• I finally tracked him down at his house in Denver.
• I live in a group/shared house.
• I work front of house.
• In the morning, the doctor makes house calls.
• It was easy to get lost in the rambling house.
• It was so hot outside we stayed in the house.
• It’s stressful moving house.
• Our challenge was to add onto the house in a respectful way.
• Police are making house-to-house enquiries following the discovery of the body.
• Police officers have been searching the house for clues.
• She kept house for her elderly parents.
• She kept house= cooked, cleaned, etc. for her elderly parents.
• She shares a house with three other nurses.
• She was a house model for Gucci.
• She went from house to house collecting signatures for her campaign.
• The bank offers attractive rates to first-time house buyers.
• The children were playing house, giving dinner to their dolls.
• The former dictator is under house arrest in his country mansion.
• The great house stood on the edge of the town.
• The house faces south, making the most of the sun.
• The house loomed over him as he waited at the front door.
• The house stood a short distance from the wood.
• The palace is a treasure house of fine antiques.
• The police provided a safe house for the informer.
• Their house was repossessed when they couldn’t keep up their mortgage payments.
• They bought a dilapidated house when they got married, and are gradually doing it up.
• They bought an old house and are gradually renovating it.
• They built their own dream house overlooking the river.
• They helped us with our house move.
• They lived in a modest semi-detached house in the suburbs.
• They played to a packed house.
• They want to set up house together.
• They’ve moved house and have invited us to their house-warming on Saturday.
• We had to move out of our house.
• We let out our house when we moved to America.
• We’re hoping to extend the house.
• We’re only planning on renting the house out for a few years.
• You’ll wake up the whole house with that noise.
• a debate in the House of Commons
• a halfway house for prisoners returning to society
• a house occupied by students
• houses overlooking the park
• the front-of-house staff
• Be quiet or you’ll wake the whole house!
• Elections to the lower house of parliament are by proportional representation.
• House prices in London are still falling.
• Let’s have the party at my house.
• The ‘Bundersrat’ is the upper house of the German parliament.
• The publishing house made its name by encouraging first-time writers.
• We live in a two-bedroom house.
• We went on a tour of the house and grounds.
• What time do you leave the house in the morning?

Word Origin

• Old English hūs (noun), hūsian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch huis, German Haus (nouns), and Dutch huizen, German hausen (verbs).