house
verb/haʊz/
/haʊz/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they house | /haʊz/ /haʊz/ |
| he / she / it houses | /ˈhaʊzɪz/ /ˈhaʊzɪz/ |
| past simple housed | /haʊzd/ /haʊzd/ |
| past participle housed | /haʊzd/ /haʊzd/ |
| -ing form housing | /ˈhaʊzɪŋ/ /ˈhaʊzɪŋ/ |
- house somebody to provide a place for a person or an animal to live
- The government is committed to housing the refugees.
- They can barely afford to feed, clothe and house their family.
- People whose homes were flooded were temporarily housed in community centres.
- The prison normally houses about 200 medium-security prisoners.
Extra Examples- At no time in the 19th century were the working classes adequately housed.
- The losers in this society are people who are homeless or badly housed.
- The fish can be temporarily housed in a smaller aquarium.
- The rabbits were housed individually.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- permanently
- temporarily
- individually
- …
- house something to be the place where something is kept or where something operates from
- The library houses a collection of 15 000 books.
- The gallery houses 2 000 works of modern art.
- The building also houses the offices of the District Medical Officer.
- be housed in something The museum is housed in the Old Court House.
- be housed at something Most film material housed at the Irish Film Archive is in English.
Extra Examples- The new offices will house 600 administration staff.
- The books were housed in glass-fronted cases.
- These offices also house a printing firm.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- permanently
- temporarily
- individually
- …
provide home
keep something
Word OriginOld English hūs (noun), hūsian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch huis, German Haus (nouns), and Dutch huizen, German hausen (verbs).
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