housing
Từ điển Collocation
housing noun
ADJ. affordable, cheap, good, low-cost The aim of the scheme was to provide good low-cost housing for workers. | decent, good | adequate | bad, inadequate, poor, substandard Many health problems are made worse by poor housing. | permanent, temporary | council, local authority, public, social Public expenditure on social housing provision has doubled in the last five years. | rented | private | sheltered sheltered housing for old people | high-rise | rural, urban
VERB + HOUSING provide
HOUSING + NOUN association, authority, committee, department, office | conditions | development, estate, scheme Many new housing developments had sprung up around the city. | construction | provision | market | crisis, shortage | allowance, benefit She receives a substantial housing allowance on top of her salary. I received housing benefit when I was unemployed.
PREP. in … ~ Too many families are still living in substandard housing.
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- structures collectively in which people are housed; lodging, living accommodations
- a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component
- stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse; caparison, trapping
n.
- a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
he has a house on Cape Cod
she felt she had to get out of the house
- an official assembly having legislative powers
a bicameral legislature has two houses
- a building in which something is sheltered or located
they had a large carriage house
- a social unit living together; family, household, home, menage
he moved his family to Virginia
It was a good Christian household
I waited until the whole house was asleep
the teacher asked how many people made up his home
- a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; theater, theatre
the house was full
- the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; firm, business firm
he worked for a brokerage house
- aristocratic family line
the House of York
- the members of a religious community living together
- the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema
the house applauded
he counted the house
- play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults
the children were playing house
- (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided; sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, planetary house
- the management of a gambling house or casino
the house gets a percentage of every bet
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
syn.: caparison living accommodations lodging trappinghouses|housed|housing
syn.: audience building congregation dwelling home lodge residence shelter
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