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Pronunciation

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noun
verb

Noun

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Singular
house

Plural
houses

Houses
  1. (countable) A house is a building that one family lives in.
    The president lives in a house in Washington, called The White House.
  2. (uncountable) House is a type of music.

Verb

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Plain form
house

Third-person singular
houses

Past tense
housed

Past participle
housed

Present participle
housing

  1. (transitive) If you house someone or something, you give them a home.
    The building houses a research centre and a school.
    During the storm they were housed in the local school's gym.
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