homelessness

«homelessness» in Mova's school dictionary: the state of having no home or no safe, regular place to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (homelessness; no plural)

meaning for a pupil

1) Homelessness is the state of having no home or no safe, regular place to live. tree →

2) The problem in a town or country of many people having no homes. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in news, school lessons on society and charity work. Phrases: «tackle homelessness», «end homelessness», «homelessness charity». It tells the reader about people without a place to live.

examples

• The charity works to end homelessness. tree →
• Homelessness can happen to anyone who loses their job. tree →
• Our school raised money for a homelessness shelter. tree →
• Cold winters are hardest for people facing homelessness. tree →
• The council has a plan to reduce homelessness. tree →
• We learned about homelessness in our citizenship class. tree →

note

Uncountable. Adjective: homeless (a homeless person; «the homeless»). Kind language: «people experiencing homelessness». Spelling: home-less-ness.

In the corpora

• "Person experiencing homelessness" (official US) means a homeless person.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «homelessness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.