Tra từ house - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

house [house houses housed housing] noun, verb
noun

BrE [haʊs] ; NAmE [haʊs] (pl. housesBrE [ˈhaʊzɪz] ; NAmE [ˈhaʊzɪz] )

BUILDING
1. countable 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)?
• (BrE)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).

see also ↑penthouse, ↑safe house, ↑show house
2. singular all the people living in a house
Syn: ↑household
• Be quiet or you'll wake the whole house!
3. countable (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 henhouse
see also ↑doghouse, ↑dosshouse, ↑halfway house, ↑hothouse, ↑lighthouse, ↑madhouse, ↑outhouse, ↑storehouse, ↑warehouse
4. Housesingular (BrE)used in the names of office buildings
• Their offices are on the second floor of Chester House.

COMPANY/INSTITUTION
5. countable (in compounds)a company involved in a particular kind of business; an institution of a particular kind
•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)
see also ↑clearing house, ↑in-house

RESTAURANT
6. countable (in compounds)a restaurant
•a steakhouse
•a coffee house
•a bottle of house wine (= the cheapest wine available in a particular restaurant, sometimes not listed by name)
see also ↑free house, ↑public house, ↑roadhouse, ↑tied house

PARLIAMENT
7. countable (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 Housesingular the House of Commons or the House of Lords in Britain; the House of Representatives in the US

IN DEBATE
9. the housesingular a group of people discussing sth in a formal debate
•I urge the house to vote against the motion.

IN THEATRE
10. countable 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. countable (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

FAMILY
12. countable (usually the House of…)an old and famous family
•the House of Windsor (= the British royal family)

MUSIC
13. uncountable = ↑house music
see also ↑acid house, ↑art-house, ↑open house, ↑powerhouse There are many other compounds ending in house. You will find them at their place in the alphabet.
more at clean house at ↑clean _v., not a dry eye in the house at ↑dry _n., eat sb out of house and home at ↑eat, people (who live) in glass houses shouldn't throw stones at ↑people _n., safe as houses at ↑safe _adj.

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

Thesaurus:
house noun C
•We live in a two-bedroom house.
home • • cottage • |BrE bungalow • • flat • |especially AmE townhouse • • apartment • |AmE ranch house • |informal place • |formal residence • • dwelling •
a detached/semi-detached house/home/cottage/bungalow
a one-/two-bedroom, etc. house/home/cottage/bungalow/flat/townhouse/apartment/ranch house
live in a house/cottage/bungalow/flat/townhouse/apartment/ranch house
stay in a house/cottage/bungalow/flat/apartment

Collocations:
Decorating and home improvement
Houses
refurbish/renovate/ (BrE) do up a building/a house
convert a building/house/room into homes/offices/(especially NAmE) apartments/(BrE) flats
extend/enlarge a house/building/room/kitchen
build (BrE) an extension (to the back/rear of a house)/(NAmE) an addition (on/to sth)/(BrE) a conservatory
knock down/demolish a house/home/building/wall
knock out/through the wall separating two rooms
Decoration
furnish/paint/ (especially BrE) decorate a home/house/apartment/flat/room
be decorated in bright colours/(especially US) colors/in a traditional style/with flowers/with paintings
paint/plaster the walls/ceiling
hang/put up/strip off/remove the wallpaper
install/replace/remove the bathroom fixtures/(BrE) fittings
build/put up shelves
lay wooden flooring/timber decking/floor tiles/a carpet/a patio
put up/hang/take down a picture/painting/poster/curtain
DIY/home improvement
do (BrE) DIY/carpentry/the plumbing/the wiring
make home improvements
add/install central heating/underfloor heating/insulation
fit/install double-glazing/a smoke alarm
insulate your house/your home/the walls/the pipes/the tanks/(especially BrE) the loft
fix/repair a roof/a leak/a pipe/the plumbing/a leaking (especially BrE) tap/(NAmE usually) faucet
block/clog (up)/unblock/unclog a pipe/sink
make/drill/fill a hole
hammer (in)/pull out/remove a nail
tighten/untighten/loosen/remove a screw
saw/cut/treat/stain/varnish/paint wood

Collocations:
Moving house
Renting
live in a rented/(especially NAmE) rental property
rent/share/move into a furnished house/(BrE) flat/(especially NAmE) apartment
rent a studio/(BrE) a studio flat/(especially NAmE) a studio apartment/(BrE) a bedsit
find/get a housemate/(BrE) a flatmate/(NAmE) a roommate
sign/break the lease/rental agreement/contract
extend/renew/terminate the lease/(BrE) tenancy
afford/pay the rent/the bills/(NAmE) the utilities
(especially BrE) fall behind with/ (especially NAmE) fall behind on the rent
pay/lose/return a damage deposit/(NAmE) security deposit
give/receive a month's/two-weeks' notice to leave/vacate the property
Being a landlord
have a flat/apartment/room (BrE) to let/(especially NAmE) for rent
rent (out)/lease (out)/ (BrE) let (out)/sublet a flat/apartment/house/property
collect/increase/raise the rent
evict the existing tenants
attract/find new/prospective tenants
invest in rental property/(BrE) property to let/(BrE) the buy-to-let market
Buying
buy/acquire/purchase a house/(a) property/(especially NAmE) (a piece of) prime real estate
call/contact/use (BrE) an estate agent/(NAmE) a Realtor™/(NAmE) a real estate agent/broker
make/ (BrE) put in an offer on a house
put down/save for (BrE) a deposit on a house
make/put/save for (especially NAmE) a down payment on a house/home
apply for/arrange/take out a mortgage/home loan
(struggle to) pay the mortgage
make/meet/keep up/cover the monthly mortgage payments/(BrE also) repayments
(BrE) repossess/ (especially NAmE) foreclose on sb's home/house
Selling
put your house/property on the market/up for sale/up for auction
increase/lower your price/the asking price
have/hold/hand over the deed/(especially BrE) deeds of/to the house, land, etc.

Example Bank:
•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?
Idioms: ↑bring the house down ▪ ↑get on like a house on fire ▪ ↑go all round the houses ▪ ↑keep house ▪ ↑on the house ▪ ↑put your house in order ▪ ↑set up house

verb BrE [haʊz] ; NAmE [haʊz]

PROVIDE HOME
1. ~ sb to provide a place for sb to live
•The government is committed to housing the refugees.

KEEP STH
2. ~ sth 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.
Verb forms:

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

Example Bank:
•At no time in the 19th century were the working classes adequately housed.
•The fish can be temporarily housed in a smaller aquarium.
•The losers in this society are the homeless and badly housed.
•The losers in this society are the old, the sick, the jobless, the homeless and badly housed.
•The rabbits were housed individually.
•The new offices will house 600 administration staff.

See also: ↑get along like a house on fire