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 →

2) A house can mean the people in it: «The whole house woke up». tree →

3) In some schools, a house is a team that pupils belong to. tree →

4) To house is to give a place to live or keep: «The museum houses old toys». tree →

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 →
• Each house has 4 windows. tree →
• He visited 3 houses. tree →
• How many rooms are in the house? tree →
• We built a tree house in the garden. tree →
• My house number is 12. tree →
• Our house won the most points on sports day. tree →
• Know your address and how to call for help from your house. tree →

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.
• Example: in a house in Brisbane, a "For Sale" board goes up out the front.
• A "For Sale" board means the family has decided to sell the house, and selling usually takes months, not days.
• An estate agent helps sell houses, and viewings are when people who might buy come to look round.
• A tidy house helps buyers imagine living there and can sell faster or for more money.

Trees and pragmatics

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