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# house

«house» in Mova's school dictionary: **a building where a family lives** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (house, houses); verb (house, houses, housed — to give a place to live)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A house is a building where a family lives. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/#m1)

2) A house can mean the people in it: «The whole house woke up». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/#m2)

3) In some schools, a house is a team that pupils belong to. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/#m3)

4) To house is to give a place to live or keep: «The museum houses old toys». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

a place in a story (rooms, windows) or a group: houses on a street, each with some things; houses × things each; phrases: «at my house», «house number», «tree house», «house points», «on the house» (free)

### examples

- There are 6 houses on the street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/#x1)
- Each house has 4 windows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/#x2)
- He visited 3 houses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/#x3)
- How many rooms are in the house? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/#x4)
- We built a tree house in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/#x5)
- My house number is 12. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/#x6)
- Our house won the most points on sports day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/#x7)
- Know your address and how to call for help from your house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/#x8)

### note

Plural: houses. A place or a group: houses × things each. Trap: count the houses or the things in them, as the question asks. Trap: a house number is a name, not an amount.

### In the corpora

- [Families move house for many reasons: a new job, more room, a cheaper rent, or because a tenancy ends.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/0/)
- [Example: in a house in Brisbane, a "For Sale" board goes up out the front.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/4/)
- [A "For Sale" board means the family has decided to sell the house, and selling usually takes months, not days.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/8/)
- [An estate agent helps sell houses, and viewings are when people who might buy come to look round.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/9/)
- [A tidy house helps buyers imagine living there and can sell faster or for more money.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «house» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/house/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.