houses 1 of 2

noun

Definition of housesnext
plural of house
1
as in companies
a commercial or industrial activity or organization a publishing house that specializes in school textbooks

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2
as in families
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor the present British royal family belongs to the House of Windsor

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3
as in residences
the place where one lives come over to my house so I can show you my new furniture

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as in households
those who live as a family in one house the whole house is in a state of excited anticipation for the holidays

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as in nests
the shelter or resting place of a wild animal prairie dogs make their house underground

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houses

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verb

present tense third-person singular of house
1
as in shelters
to provide with living quarters or shelter some of the freshmen were temporarily housed in local motels while the new dorm was being finished

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as in confines
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers the famous document is housed in a special display case

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for houses
  1. families
  2. residences
  3. households
  4. nests
  5. tribes
  6. surrounds
  7. businesses
  8. clans
Noun
  • People work extremely hard all year long and this is the perfect time of year to slow down a bit and actually appreciate the joy of the season with their coworkers and families.
    Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • With catering, families can avoid the expense of purchasing and preparing large quantities of food, which can often go to waste.
    Ronny Maye, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of families
Noun
  • There are just over 100 new residences, of which only about dozen are single-family homes and the rest condominiums.
    Amy Rose Dobson, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Prices for residences have not been disclosed.
    Amy Rose Dobson, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of residences
Noun
  • Whether through scams, strained savings or costs of living going up, half of older Americans — that’s 27 million households — can’t afford their basic needs.
    Sherlea Dony, Sun Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Of its about 94,000 students, 65% came from impoverished households, nearly 19% received English language supports, 14% had disabilities and nearly 3% were homeless.
    Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of households
Noun
  • Five years later—and after four nests were successfully destroyed—officials have declared a rare victory against the murder hornets for having exterminated them from United States soil.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
  • For live individuals that were captured, entomologists tied tiny trackers onto their bellies using dental floss to suss out the location of their nests.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of nests
Noun
  • The tribes are suing under a law — Senate Bill 549 — that went into effect Wednesday.
    Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The complaint notes that Californians voted in 1984 to amend the California Constitution to ban banked games, though tribes are exempted from that ban under a 2000 state constitutional amendment.
    Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of tribes
Verb
  • Fencing is installed around a perimeter that goes beyond the office buildings on both sides of the Capitol, and there's an inner perimeter that surrounds the immediate Capitol complex.
    Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 6 Jan. 2025
  • What To Do Outdoors Jump in the Lake Lake Lanier spans 38,000 acres and surrounds three sides of the city.
    Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of surrounds
Noun
  • The financial crisis of 2008 forced businesses to rethink everything from hiring to operational expenses.
    Eric Steele, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Most critically, inaction exacerbates environmental degradation and social inequities, undermining the very foundations on which businesses depend.
    Azra Nurkic, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of businesses
Noun
  • And our definition of social media was to converse about the over-the-top shenanigans of the fictional Ewing, Channing and Carrington clans at the proverbial office watercooler.
    Marc Berman, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • In 2020, the California Fish and Game Commission made six lion clans a candidate for protection under the state Endangered Species Act, and are expected to decide whether to permanently list them next year.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of clans
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