noun

a room that is used mainly for eating meals in
Example Bank:
• The dining room seats up to 60 guests.
• a comfortable dining room serving just-caught seafood

• a cosy dining room serving excellent home-prepared cooking

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

ˈ dining ˌ room noun [ C ]

A1 a room in which meals are eaten

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

dining room

also dining-room
(dining rooms)

The dining room is the room in a house where people have their meals, or a room in a hotel where meals are served.

N-COUNT: usu the N

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

dining room

dining room noun, pl ~ rooms [count] : a room that is used for eating meals

bedroom

bedroom [noun]

A room used for sleeping in

/ˈbed.ruːm/

اتاق خواب

مثال:

A hotel with 50 bedrooms

هتلی با پنجاه اتاق خواب

A room used for sleeping in

معادل فارسی:

اتاق خواب

مثال انگلیسی:

A hotel with 50 bedrooms

هتلی با پنجاه اتاق خواب

سطح، موضوع و برچسب

موضوع:

سطح:

Region:

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

bedroom

bed‧room S1 W2 /ˈbedrʊm, -ruːm/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
1. a room for sleeping in:
a hotel with 50 bedrooms
three-bedroomed/five-bedroomed etc
They’ve just bought a new four-bedroomed house in Edinburgh.
2. bedroom eyes a look in your eyes that shows that you are sexually attracted to someone
• • •
COLLOCATIONS
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + bedroom
▪ a single bedroom (=with a bed for one person) We have one single bedroom and two doubles.
▪ a double bedroom (=with a big bed for two people) I'd like to book a double bedroom for two nights, please.
▪ a twin bedroom (=with two single beds) Do you prefer a double or a twin bedroom?
▪ the main/master bedroom (=the biggest bedroom in a house) The master bedroom has a view of the sea.
▪ the spare bedroom (=for visitors) She set up a home office in the spare bedroom.
▪ a study bedroom (=for students, with a bed and a desk) In my first year at university I had a really tiny study bedroom.
■ bedroom + NOUN
▪ bedroom furniture All the bedroom furniture was old and falling apart.
▪ the bedroom door/window etc Did you shut the bedroom window?

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bedroom

bed·room [bedroom bedrooms] noun, adjective [ˈbedruːm] [ˈbedruːm] [ˈbedrʊm] [ˈbedrʊm]

noun

1. a room for sleeping in
• the spare bedroom
• a hotel with 20 bedrooms

• This is the master bedroom (= the main bedroom of the house).

2. -bedroomed having the number of bedrooms mentioned
• a three-bedroomed house
Example Bank:
• All the children had separate bedrooms.
• I told him he could sleep in the spare bedroom.
• I used to share a bedroom with my brother.
• The actress refused to appear naked in the bedroom scenes.
• The larger houses are four-bedroom houses.
• There were dirty clothes strewn around the bedroom.
• They converted the spare bedroom into an office.

• an en suite master bedroom

adjective only before noun used as a way of referring to sexual activity
• the bedroom scenes in the movie

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

bedroom / ˈbed.rʊm / / -ruːm / noun [ C ]

A1 a room used for sleeping in:

Our home has three bedrooms.

the master bedroom (= the main bedroom in a house)

You can stay in the spare bedroom.

We've just bought some new bedroom furniture.

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

bedroom

/bedru:m/
(bedrooms)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

A bedroom is a room used for sleeping in.
...the spare bedroom.
...a two-bedroom apartment.

N-COUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

¹bed·room /ˈbɛdˌruːm/ noun, pl -rooms [count] : a room used for sleeping
• a house with three bedrooms = a 3-bedroom house
• a spare/guest bedroom
• a large master bedroom [=a large bedroom that is the main bedroom in a house]
- bedroomed adj Brit
- used in combination
• a three-bedroomed house

living room

living room [noun]

The room in a house or apartment that is used for relaxing and entertaining guests.

/ˈlɪv.ɪŋ ˌruːm/

اتاق‌ نشيمن‌، اتاق‌ اصلى‌ خانه‌

مثال:

He is watching TV in the living room.

او در اتاق نشیمن در حال تماشای تلویزیون است.

The room in a house or apartment that is used for relaxing and entertaining guests.

معادل فارسی:

اتاق‌ نشيمن‌، اتاق‌ اصلى‌ خانه‌

مثال انگلیسی:

He is watching TV in the living room.

او در اتاق نشیمن در حال تماشای تلویزیون است.

سطح، موضوع و برچسب

موضوع:

rooms

سطح:

A1 (پایه)

Region:

American English

Oxford Essential Dictionary

living room

(British also sitting room) noun
a room in a house where people sit together and watch television or talk, for example same meaning lounge

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

living room

ˈliving room BrE AmE noun [countable]
the main room in a house where people relax, watch television etc SYN lounge

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

living room

ˈliving room [living room living rooms] (BrE also ˈsitting room) noun

a room in a house where people sit together, watch television, etc.

Syn: lounge

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

ˈ living ˌ room noun [ C ] ( UK also ˈ sitting ˌ room )

A1 the room in a house or apartment that is used for relaxing and entertaining guests

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

living room

also living-room
(living rooms)

The living room in a house is the room where people sit and relax.
We were sitting on the couch in the living room watching TV.

= sitting room, lounge

N-COUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

living room

living room noun, pl ~ rooms [count] : a room in a house for general family use - usually singular
• He is watching TV in the living room.

bathroom

bathroom [noun]

A room with a bath and/or shower and often a toilet

/ˈbæθ.ruːm/

/ˈbɑːθ.ruːm/

حمام، مستراح‌

مثال:

Where’s the bathroom?

حمام کجاست؟

A room with a bath and/or shower and often a toilet

معادل فارسی:

حمام، مستراح‌

مثال انگلیسی:

Where’s the bathroom?

حمام کجاست؟

سطح، موضوع و برچسب

موضوع:

سطح:

Region:

Oxford Essential Dictionary

bathroom

noun

1 (British) a room where you can wash and have a bath or shower

2 (American) a room with a toilet in it:
Can I go to the bathroom (= use the toilet)?
Look at the note at toilet.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

bathroom

bath‧room S2 W3 /ˈbɑːθrʊm, -ruːm $ ˈbæθ-/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
1. a room where there is a bath or ↑shower, a ↑basin, and sometimes a toilet
2. American English a room where there is a toilet:
Where’s the bathroom?
I really need to go to the bathroom (=use a toilet).
• • •
THESAURUS
▪ toilet British English a room with a toilet in it, in someone’s house or in a public place: He locked himself in the toilet. | the public toilets
▪ bathroom a room with a toilet in it, in someone’s house. In British English, bathroom is used especially when you want to be polite. In American English, it is the usual word to use: He asked to use the bathroom.
▪ restroom American English a room in a public place that has one or more toilets in it: She went into the store to use the restroom.
▪ lavatory formal a room with a toilet in it. In American English lavatory is used mainly for toilets in a public building or on a plane. In British English it is used both about public toilets and toilets in people’s houses: public lavatories | He didn’t have time to visit the lavatory.
▪ loo British English informal, john American English informal a room with a toilet in it. Loo is very common in everyday spoken British English: ‘Where’s Chris?’ ‘He’s in the loo.’ | Can I use your loo? | Where’s the john?
▪ bog British English informal a very informal word for a toilet, which is not considered polite: The nearest bog was miles away.
▪ the ladies British English, the ladies’ room American English a public toilet for women: Where’s the ladies? | I need to go to the ladies’ room.
▪ the gents British English, the men’s room American English a public toilet for men: I followed him into the gents. | I’ve got to go to the men’s room. Excuse me.
▪ latrine an outdoor toilet in a camp or military area: The latrines were in a shocking state.
▪ urinal a type of toilet for men that is attached to a wall: He was standing at the urinal.
▪ potty a bowl that babies use as a toilet: Does he need his potty?
▪ commode a chair with a bowl in it, used as a toilet, especially in hospitals and homes for old people: She has to use a commode.
▪ bedpan a container which is used as a toilet, especially in hospitals by people who are too ill or weak to get out of bed: I had to change the bedpans.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bathroom

bath·room [bathroom bathrooms] [ˈbɑːθruːm] [ˈbæθruːm] [ˈbɑːθrʊm] [ˈbæθrʊm] noun

1. a room in which there is a bath/ bathtub, a washbasin and often a toilet
• Go and wash your hands in the bathroom.

2. (NAmE) a room in which there is a toilet, a sink and sometimes a bath/ bathtub or shower
• I have to go to the bathroom (= use the toilet).
• Where's the bathroom? (= for example in a restaurant)
Thesaurus:
bathroom noun C
• I have to go to the bathroom.
BrE toilet • |AmE restroom • • ladies' room • • men's room • |BrE, informal loo • |BrE, formal lavatory •
use/go to the bathroom/toilet/restroom/ladies' room/men's room/loo/lavatory
need the bathroom/toilet/loo/lavatory
Bathroom or toilet? In British English bathroom means a room with a bath or shower in it. It may also contain a toilet. In American English bathroom often means a room with a toilet in it, even if there is no bath or shower. In American English toilet is used only for the toilet itself, not for the room in which it is found.
British/American:
toilet / bathroom
In BrE, but not in NAmE, the room that has a toilet in it is usually referred to as a toilet. This room in people’s houses can also be called the lavatory, or informally, the loo. An extra downstairs toilet in a house can be called the cloakroom. In public places, especially on signs, the words toilets, Gents (for men’s toilets) or Ladies (for women’s toilets) are used for a room or small building containing several toilets. You might also see WC or Public Conveniences on some signs.
In NAmE the room that contains a toilet is usually called the bathroom, never the toilet. A room with a toilet in a public place can also be called a restroom, ladies’ room, women’s room or men’s room. Washroom is also used, especially in Canada.
Example Bank:
• I weigh myself on the bathroom scale(s) every day.
• Sorry I'm late! Dad was hogging the bathroom.
• The best boats have cabins with private bathrooms.
• The master bedroom also has an en suite bathroom.
• I have to go to the bathroom.

• Where's the bathroom?

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

bathroom / ˈbɑːθ.rʊm / / -ruːm / / ˈbæθ- / noun [ C ]

A1 a room with a bath and/or shower and often a toilet:

an en suite bathroom (= a bathroom joined to a bedroom)

US a room with a toilet in it:

Where's the bathroom?

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

bathroom

/bɑ:θru:m, bæθ-/
(bathrooms)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.
A bathroom is a room in a house that contains a bath or shower, a washbasin, and sometimes a toilet.
N-COUNT

2.
A bathroom is a room in a house or public building that contains a toilet. (AM; in BRIT, usually use toilet)
She had gone in to use the bathroom.
= rest room
N-SING: usu the N

3.
People say that they are going to the bathroom when they want to say that they are going to use the toilet.
PHRASE: V inflects [politeness]

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

bathroom

bath·room /ˈbæɵˌruːm, Brit ˈbɑːɵˌruːm/ noun, pl -rooms [count]
1 : a room with a sink and toilet and usually a bathtub or shower
• Their house has three bathrooms.
✦In U.S. English, a bathroom is mainly thought of as a room with a toilet. In British English, a bathroom is mainly thought of as a room with a bathtub or shower.
2 US : a room in a public place with a toilet and sink
• The restaurant has only one bathroom.
• a public bathroom [=restroom, lavatory]
go to the bathroom or use the bathroom US : to use the toilet
• The little boy told his mother that he had to go to the bathroom.
• You should use the bathroom before we leave.

purpose

/ˈpɝː.pəs/

/ˈpɜː.pəs/

the purpose of something is what it is intended to achieve

معادل فارسی:

مقصود، هدف

مثال انگلیسی:

Our purpose was to return before Sunday.

قصد ما اين‌ بود كه‌ پيش‌ از يكشنبه‌ مراجعت‌ كنيم‌.‏

سطح، موضوع و برچسب

موضوع:

سطح:

Region:

Oxford Essential Dictionary

purpose

noun
the reason for doing something:
What is the purpose of your visit?

on purpose because you want to; not by accident same meaning deliberately:
'You've broken my pen!' 'I'm sorry, I didn't do it on purpose.'

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

purpose

pur‧pose S2 W2 /ˈpɜːpəs $ ˈpɜːr-/ BrE AmE noun
[Word Family: noun: purpose, purposefulness ≠ purposelessness; adverb: purposefully ≠ purposelessly, purposely; adjective: purposeful ≠ purposeless]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: purpos, from purposer 'to intend', from Latin proponere; ⇨ propound]
1. [countable] the purpose of something is what it is intended to achieve
purpose of
The purpose of this meeting is to elect a new chairman.
What is the purpose of your visit?
the purpose of doing something
The purpose of conducting a business is to make money.
for the purpose of doing something
Troops were sent solely for the purpose of assisting refugees.
for medical/political/decorative etc purposes
It should be legitimate to use cannabis for medical purposes.
sole/primary/main etc purpose
The protection of children is the primary purpose of this legislation.
serve a purpose (=achieve something)
It would serve no useful purpose to re-open the investigation.
2. [countable] a plan or aim:
Nick had no particular purpose in mind when he started.
sb’s purpose in doing something
Attending the race was not my purpose in coming to Indianapolis.
with the purpose of doing something
He came here with the purpose of carrying out the attack.
3. for ... purposes in a particular situation or when being considered in a particular way:
For tax purposes, you will be treated as a married couple.
The details are, for the present purposes, irrelevant.
for the purposes of something
For the purposes of this book, America is taken to include the continent north of Mexico.
4. on purpose deliberately
do something on purpose
You make it sound as if I did it on purpose!
5. FEELING [uncountable] a feeling of determination to achieve things in life:
It’s so important to have a sense of purpose that it underlies human happiness.
My football career was over and I had no purpose in life.
He possessed great strength of purpose.
6. for all practical purposes (also to all intents and purposes) used to say that something is so close to the truth that it can be considered to be the truth:
The war, to all intents and purposes, was over.
We have a Secretary of State for Scotland who is for all practical purposes a Scottish Prime Minister.
7. serve its purpose if something has served its purpose, it has done what you needed it to do:
We delete the data once it has served its purpose.
8. defeat the purpose to fail to achieve the result you want:
Anxiety will cause tension, which defeats the purpose of the exercise (=the activity or plan).
9. to no purpose formal without any useful results:
She called after them, but to no purpose.
10. to the purpose old-fashioned useful or helpful
⇨ ↑purposely, ↑cross-purposes
• • •
COLLOCATIONS (for Meanings 1 & 2)
■ adjectives
▪ the main/primary purpose The main purpose of our trip to Arran was to see golden eagles.
▪ the sole purpose I used to bake cakes for the sole purpose of giving them away.
▪ the real purpose What was the real purpose of their visit?
▪ the whole purpose (=used for emphasis) The whole purpose of running a business is to make money.
▪ sth’s original purpose The building is no longer needed for its original purpose.
▪ a useful purpose Nuclear weapons serve no useful purpose and should be banned.
▪ a practical purpose These materials are too fine to have a practical purpose in daily life.
▪ a dual purpose (=two purposes) A dog can fulfil a dual purpose by providing both company and security.
▪ a common purpose (=one that people share) We were bound together by a common purpose.
▪ a specific/particular purpose Training is the acquisition of knowledge and skills for a specific purpose.
■ phrases
▪ for political/military/educational/medicinal etc purposes This technology could be used for military purposes.
▪ for business/research etc purposes About one in five of all trips are made for business purposes.
■ verbs
▪ have a purpose A meeting should have a clear purpose.
▪ serve/fulfil a purpose (=be used in a particular way) The building must have served a religious purpose. | Many old school buildings are no longer suitable for fulfilling their original purpose.
▪ achieve your purpose (=achieve what you wanted to achieve) She had achieved her purpose, at least in part.
• • •
THESAURUS
▪ purpose the reason you do something, and the thing you want to achieve when you do it: What is the purpose of your visit to England? | The plant is used for medicinal purposes.
▪ aim what you want to achieve when you do something: The main aims of the project are as follows. | Their ultimate aim is to find a cure for cancer.
▪ goal something that you hope to achieve in the future, even though this may take a long time: It took Mandela over forty years to achieve his goal of a democratic South Africa. | the goal of ending child poverty
▪ objective something that you are working hard to achieve, especially in business or politics: The bank achieved its objective of increasing its share of the market. | The government’s long-term objective is to cut CO2 emissions by 50%.
▪ the object of something formal the specific purpose of an activity: The object of the game is to get as many points as possible. | The students will benefit, and that must be the object of the exercise (=the main thing that you are trying to do).
▪ the point the purpose of doing something and the reason why it is right or necessary: At fourteen, I couldn’t see the point of going to school. | What’s the point in waiting? (=I don’t think it is useful or necessary)
▪ intention the purpose that you have in your mind when you do something: He kept his real intentions well hidden. | Although we made a lot of money, this wasn’t our original intention.
▪ ends the result that someone is trying to achieve – used especially when you disapprove of what someone is doing: They are using religion for political ends. | The ends do not justify the means (=you should not use violence, cruelty, dishonest behaviour etc to achieve your aims).

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

purpose

pur·pose [purpose purposes purposed purposing] [ˈpɜːpəs] [ˈpɜːrpəs] noun
1. countable the intention, aim or function of sth; the thing that sth is supposed to achieve
• Our campaign's main purpose is to raise money.
• The purpose of the book is to provide a complete guide to the university.
• A meeting was called for the purpose of appointing a new treasurer.
• The experiments serve no useful purpose (= are not useful).

• The building is used for religious purposes.

2. purposes plural what is needed in a particular situation
• These gifts count as income for tax purposes.

• For the purposes of this study, the three groups have been combined.

3. countable, uncountable meaning that is important and valuable to you

• Volunteer work gives her life (a sense of) purpose.

4. uncountable the ability to plan sth and work successfully to achieve it
Syn: determination
• He has enormous confidence and strength of purpose.
see also cross purposes
more at to all intents and purposes at intent _n., for (all) practical purposes at practical _adj.
Idioms: no purpose ▪ on purpose
Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French porpos, from the verb porposer, variant of proposer, from Latin proponere ‘set forth’ (from pro- ‘forward’ + ponere ‘put’).
Thesaurus:
purpose noun
1. C
• The main purpose of the campaign is to raise money.
aim • • objective • • object • • point • • idea • • goal • • target • • intention • • plan • • end • |formal law intent •
with the purpose/aim/objective/object/idea/goal/intention/intent of doing sth
sb's purpose/aim/intention/plan/intent that…
have a/an purpose/aim/objective/object/point/goal/target/intention/plan/intent
2. C
• The building is used for religious purposes.
function • • use •
a useful purpose/function
have a purpose/function/use
serve/fulfil a purpose/function
3. C, U
• Volunteer work gives her life a sense of purpose.
vocation • • mission •
find your purpose/vocation/mission
a sense of purpose/vocation/mission
sb's purpose/vocation/mission in life
Synonyms:
purpose
aim • intention • plan • point • idea
These are all words for talking about what sb/sth intends to do or achieve.
purpose • what sth is supposed to achieve; what sb is trying to achieve: ▪ Our campaign's main purpose is to raise money.
aim • what sb is trying to achieve; what sth is supposed to achieve: ▪ She went to London with the aim of finding a job. ◊ ▪ Our main aim is to increase sales in Europe.
purpose or aim?
Your purpose for doing something is your reason for doing it; your aim is what you want to achieve. Aim can suggest that you are only trying to achieve sth; purpose gives a stronger sense of achievement being certain. Aim can be sb's aim or the aim of sth. Purpose is more usually the purpose of sth: you can talk about sb's purpose but that is more formal.
intention • what you intend to do: ▪ I have no intention of going to the wedding. ◊ ▪ She's full of ▪ good intentions ▪ but they rarely work out.
plan • what you intend to do or achieve: ▪ There are no plans to build new offices.
intention or plan?
Your intentions are what you want to do, especially in the near future; your plans are what you have decided or arranged to do, often, but not always, in the longer term.
point • (rather informal) the purpose or aim of sth: ▪ What's the point ▪ of all this violence? ◊ ▪ The point of the lesson is to compare the two countries.
idea • (rather informal) the purpose of sth; sb's aim: ▪ The whole idea of going was so that we could meet her new boyfriend. ◊ ▪ What's the idea ▪ behind this?
point or idea?
Point is a more negative word than idea. If you say What's the point…? you are suggesting that there is no point; if you say What's the idea…? you are genuinely asking a question. Point, but not idea, is used to talk about things you feel annoyed or unhappy about: There's no idea in… ◊ I don't see the idea of….
with the purpose/aim/intention/idea of doing sth
sb's intention/plan to do sth
to have a(n) purpose/aim/intention/plan/point
to achieve/fulfil a(n) purpose/aim
Example Bank:
• Encouraged by her example, they all set to work with a fresh sense of purpose.
• For comparative purposes, the populations of three other cities are also shown.
• He slammed the door on purpose.
• I finally realized that we were talking at cross purposes.
• I put the chair there for a purpose.
• Let's assume he knows, for the purposes of our argument.
• Nominally she is the secretary, but for all practical purposes she runs the place.
• She saw being a doctor as her purpose in life.
• The cycling events will take place in a purpose-built 20 000-seater stadium.
• The drug can be sold for medicinal purposes only.
• The old mill has been put to good purpose.
• The plan achieved its primary purpose, if nothing else.
• The same information can be put to many purposes
• The school was founded with the express purpose of teaching deaf children to speak.
• These bars serve no useful purpose.
• They had great confidence and strength of purpose.
• You will need to have the vehicle valued for insurance purposes.
• a general-purpose cleaning fluid
• a group of individuals sharing a common purpose
• a measure introduced for the purpose of protecting the interests of investors
• a toy with the dual purpose of entertaining and developing memory skills
• the view that art should serve a social purpose
• For the purposes of this study, the three groups have been combined.
• He did not want anything to distract him from his purpose.
• He has enormous confidence and strength of purpose.
• Teachers need to give a purpose to the activities and assignments they give to students.
• The experiments serve no useful purpose.
• The main purpose of the campaign is to raise money.

• Volunteer work gives her life a sense of purpose.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

purpose / ˈpɜː.pəs / / ˈpɝː- / noun

B1 [ C ] why you do something or why something exists:

The purpose of the research is to try and find out more about the causes of the disease.

His only purpose in life seems to be to enjoy himself.

Her main/primary purpose in su ing the newspaper for libel was to clear her name.

I came to Brighton for/with the express purpose of see ing you.

Letters whose sole purpose is to make a political point will not be published.

She had the operation entirely for cosmetic purposes.

a multi-purpose kitchen knife

I can see no useful purpose in continuing this conversation.

All my efforts were to no purpose (= failed) .

He gave her a sum of money which she used to good purpose (= well) .

on purpose B1 If you do something on purpose, you do it intentionally, not by accident:

I didn't do it on purpose - it was an accident.

C2 [ U ] determination or a feeling of having a reason for what you do:

I've always admired her for her strength of purpose.

Parenthood would give him a sense of purpose.

[ C ] a need:

We haven't yet managed to find new premises that are suitable for our purposes.

The fabric I bought isn't exactly what I wanted, but it will serve my purposes (= fulfil my needs) .

serve a purpose C2 to have a use:

These small village shops serve a very useful purpose.

Word partners for purpose

have a purpose • the main / primary / real purpose • a clear / practical / useful purpose • a variety of purposes • the purpose of sth • for the purpose of sth • for [business/cosmetic/tax] purposes

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

purpose

[pɜ͟ː(r)pəs]
♦♦
purposes
1) N-COUNT: with supp The purpose of something is the reason for which it is made or done.
  The purpose of the occasion was to raise money for medical supplies...
  Various insurance schemes already exist for this purpose.
  ...the use of nuclear energy for military purposes...
  He was asked about casualties, but said it would serve no purpose to count bodies...
  Most of them are destroyed because they've served their purpose.
  Syn:
  aim
2) N-COUNT: with poss Your purpose is the thing that you want to achieve.
  They might well be prepared to do you harm in order to achieve their purpose...
  His purpose was to make a profit by improving the company's performance.
  Syn:
  aim, objective
3) N-UNCOUNT Purpose is the feeling of having a definite aim and of being determined to achieve it.
  The teachers are enthusiastic and have a sense of purpose.
  Syn:
  resolve
4) → See also cross-purposes
5) PHRASE: PHR with cl You use for all practical purposes or to all intents and purposes to suggest that a situation is not exactly as you describe it, but the effect is the same as if it were.
  For all practical purposes the treaty has already ceased to exist...
  To all intents and purposes the case was closed.
  Syn:
  in effect, effectively
6) PHRASE: PHR after v If you do something on purpose, you do it intentionally.
  Was it an accident or did David do it on purpose?
  Syn:
  intentionally
  Ant:
  by mistake

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

purpose

pur·pose /ˈpɚpəs/ noun, pl -pos·es
1 [count] : the reason why something is done or used : the aim or intention of something
• The purpose of the new resort is to attract more tourists.
• There's little/no purpose in restarting the process. [=there is little/no reason to start the process again]
• These ancient mounds were probably used for ceremonial purposes. [=were probably used in ceremonies]
• Please keep a record of your receipts for tax/business purposes. [=for situations involving taxes/business]
• Everything on the boat serves a purpose. [=everything has a particular use or function]
• The loans are small but they serve a good purpose.
• We were happy to know that the money was being used for a good purpose. [=for something useful, important, etc.]
• She used her skills to (no) good purpose. [=she used her skills in a way that was (not) good or helpful]
• Changes had suddenly been made for no apparent purpose. [=for no clear reason]
• For the purpose(s) of this discussion, let's assume that sales will increase next year.
2 [noncount] : the feeling of being determined to do or achieve something
• She wrote with purpose. [=she knew exactly what she wanted to write]
• Sometimes his life seemed to lack purpose or meaning.
• He was a man of purpose. [=he was very clear about what he wanted to do and how to do it]
• We started work again with a renewed sense of purpose.
• He showed great strength of purpose. [=he showed that he was very determined to achieve his goals]
3 [count] : the aim or goal of a person : what a person is trying to do, become, etc.
• She knew from a young age that her sole purpose (in life) was to be a writer. [=she knew that all she wanted (in life) was to be a writer]
• We shared a common purpose. [=we had the same goals]
• He was searching for a higher purpose. [=a more meaningful reason to live, work, etc.]
for (all) practical purposes
- see ¹practical
on purpose : in a way that is planned or intended : in a deliberate way
• Someone set the fire on purpose. [=purposely, intentionally]
• I knew she hadn't done it on purpose.
to/for all intents and purposes
- see ¹intent
to the purpose old-fashioned : appropriate to the situation
• He didn't say much to the purpose. [=he didn't say much that was useful or helpful]

purpose

noun

apartment

apartment [noun]

mainly US ( UK usually flat ) a set of rooms for living in, especially on one floor of a building

/əˈpɑːrt.mənt/

/əˈpɑːt.mənt/

آپارتمان

مثال:

She lives in a small apartment.

او در آپارتمان کوچکی زندگی می کند.

mainly US ( UK usually flat ) a set of rooms for living in, especially on one floor of a building

معادل فارسی:

آپارتمان

مثال انگلیسی:

She lives in a small apartment.

او در آپارتمان کوچکی زندگی می کند.

سطح، موضوع و برچسب

موضوع:

houses and homes

سطح:

A1 (پایه)

Region:

American English

Oxford Essential Dictionary

apartment

American English for flat

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

apartment

a‧part‧ment S2 W3 /əˈpɑːtmənt $ -ɑːr-/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: appartement, from Italian appartamento, from appartare 'to put aside, separate']
1. especially American English a set of rooms on one floor of a large building, where someone lives SYN flat British English:
She lives in a small apartment.
2. [usually plural] a room or set of rooms used by an important person such as a president:
I had never been in the prince’s private apartments before.
the presidential apartments
• • •
COLLOCATIONS
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + apartment
▪ a one-bedroom/two-bedroom etc apartment (also one-bedroomed/two-bedroomed apartment British English) A tiny one-bedroom apartment was all she could afford.
▪ a studio apartment (=with just one main room, which you use for sleeping, cooking, and eating) Studio apartments can be a good option for those who want a cheap place in a good location.
▪ a first-floor/second-floor etc apartment We had a fourth-floor apartment, and it was difficult going up and down all those stairs.
▪ a basement apartment (=below the level of the ground) a dark basement apartment
▪ a penthouse apartment (=on the top floor of a building) She bought a penthouse apartment in Santa Monica.
▪ a luxury apartment The school has been converted into luxury apartments.
▪ a furnished/unfurnished apartment (=with or without furniture) a luxurious two-bedroomed unfurnished apartment situated in the heart of town
▪ a holiday apartment British English, a vacation apartment American English We rented a holiday apartment on Mallorca.
■ verbs
▪ live in an apartment He lived in a small apartment on the third floor.
▪ buy/rent an apartment Tom rented an apartment at the top of the building.
▪ share an apartment I’m sharing the apartment with a group of friends.
▪ own an apartment My parents own an apartment in Madrid.
▪ move into/out of an apartment (=start living in a new apartment, or leave an apartment in order to live somewhere else) They moved into the apartment last Easter.
■ NOUN + apartment
▪ an apartment building (also an apartment block British English, apartment house American English) a five-storey apartment block | Our apartment building is the last block on the right, opposite the bank.
▪ an apartment complex (=a group of buildings containing apartments)
• • •
THESAURUS
■ an apartment
▪ apartment especially American English, flat British English a set of rooms where someone lives that is part of a house or bigger building. In British English, people usually say flat. Apartment is used about large and expensive flats, or in advertisements: His apartment is on the eighth floor. | In London, I shared a flat with some other students.
▪ condominium (also condo informal) American English one apartment in a building with several apartments, owned by the people who live in them: a 10-unit condominium complex

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

apartment

apart·ment [apartment apartments] [əˈpɑːtmənt] [əˈpɑːrtmənt] noun
1. (especially NAmE) a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a building

compare condominium, flat

2. a set of rooms used for a holiday/vacation

• self-catering holiday apartments

3. usually plural (BrE) a room in a house, especially a large or famous house
• You can visit the whole palace except for the private apartments.
Word Origin:
mid 17th cent. (denoting a private suite of rooms): from French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from appartare ‘to separate’, from a parte ‘apart’.
Thesaurus:
apartment noun (especially AmE)
• an apartment building
suite • • penthouse • |BrE flat • |especially AmE condominium • |AmE, informal condo •
a luxury apartment/suite/penthouse/flat/condominium/condo
live in a/an apartment/suite/penthouse/flat/condominium/condo
rent a/an apartment/suite/flat
Apartment or flat? The usual word is apartment in American English and flat in British English. If apartment is used in British English it may mean a place that is larger, finer or more expensive than an ordinary flat.
Collocations:
Moving house
Renting
live in a rented/(especially NAmE) rental property
rent/share/move into a furnished house/(BrE) flat/(especially NAmE) apartment
rent a studio/(BrE) a studio flat/(especially NAmE) a studio apartment/(BrE) a bedsit
find/get a housemate/(BrE) a flatmate/(NAmE) a roommate
sign/break the lease/rental agreement/contract
extend/renew/terminate the lease/(BrE) tenancy
afford/pay the rent/the bills/(NAmE) the utilities
(especially BrE) fall behind with/ (especially NAmE) fall behind on the rent
pay/lose/return a damage deposit/(NAmE) security deposit
give/receive a month's/two-weeks' notice to leave/vacate the property
Being a landlord
have a flat/apartment/room (BrE) to let/(especially NAmE) for rent
rent (out)/lease (out)/ (BrE) let (out)/sublet a flat/apartment/house/property
collect/increase/raise the rent
evict the existing tenants
attract/find new/prospective tenants
invest in rental property/(BrE) property to let/(BrE) the buy-to-let market
Buying
buy/acquire/purchase a house/(a) property/(especially NAmE) (a piece of) prime real estate
call/contact/use (BrE) an estate agent/(NAmE) a Realtor™/(NAmE) a real estate agent/broker
make/ (BrE) put in an offer on a house
put down/save for (BrE) a deposit on a house
make/put/save for (especially NAmE) a down payment on a house/home
apply for/arrange/take out a mortgage/home loan
(struggle to) pay the mortgage
make/meet/keep up/cover the monthly mortgage payments/(BrE also) repayments
(BrE) repossess/ (especially NAmE) foreclose on sb's home/house
Selling
put your house/property on the market/up for sale/up for auction
increase/lower your price/the asking price
have/hold/hand over the deed/(especially BrE) deeds of/to the house, land, etc.
Example Bank:
• Apartment dwellers can participate in community gardens.
• Colin lives in a dingy one-room apartment with his pet turtles.
• I share an apartment with two friends.
• I'm looking for an apartment on the east side of the city.
• Larger cities have many high-rise apartments.
• We will be renting the apartment for a year.
• high-rise apartment blocks
• the people who live in the upstairs apartment
• the private apartments of the imperial family
• Finding an apartment in any city can be a difficult task.
• Our self-catering apartments are located just a minute's walk from the beach.

• an apartment building

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

apartment / əˈpɑːt.mənt / / -ˈpɑːrt- / noun

A2 [ C ] mainly US ( UK usually flat ) a set of rooms for living in, especially on one floor of a building:

I'll give you the keys to my apartment.

They have six holiday/luxury apartments for sale.

apartments [ plural ] a set of large rooms with expensive furniture and decoration in, for example, a public building or castle:

The Royal Apartments are open to the public.
© Cambridge University Press 2013

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

apartment

/əpɑ:(r)tmənt/
(apartments)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

An apartment is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a large building. (mainly AM; in BRIT, use flat)
...bleak cities of concrete apartment blocks.

N-COUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

apartment

apart·ment /əˈpɑɚtmənt/ noun, pl -ments [count]
1 chiefly US : a usually rented room or set of rooms that is part of a building and is used as a place to live
• We lived in an apartment for several years before buying a house.
- compare condominium, flat
2 Brit : a large and impressive room or set of rooms - usually plural
• the Royal apartments

flat

/flæt/

UK ( US apartment ) A set of rooms for living in that are part of a larger building and are usually all on one floor

معادل فارسی:

آپارتمان

مثال انگلیسی:

A two-bedroom flat

آپارتمان دوخوابه

سطح، موضوع و برچسب

موضوع:

houses and homes

سطح:

A1 (پایه)

Region:

British English

Oxford Essential Dictionary

noun (British) (American apartment)
a group of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a house or big building

word building
A tall building with a lot of flats in it is called a block of flats.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

II. flat² S2 W3 BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: ↑flat, ↑flatness; adverb: ↑flat, ↑flatly; verb: ↑flatten; adjective: ↑flat]
[Sense 1: Date: 1800-1900; Language: Scottish English; Origin: flet 'inside of a house' (14-19 centuries) (influenced by ⇨ ↑flat¹)]
[Sense 2-7: Date: 1200-1300; Origin: ⇨ ↑flat¹]
1. PLACE TO LIVE especially British English a place for people to live that consists of a set of rooms that are part of a larger building SYN apartment:
They have a flat in Crouch End.
a two-bedroom flat
The building was knocked down to make way for a block of flats (=a large building with many flats in it). ⇨ ↑granny flat
2. TYRE especially American English a tyre that does not have enough air inside SYN flat tyre:
Damn, the car has a flat.
He stopped to change a flat.
3. MUSIC
a) a musical note that is one ↑semitone lower than a particular note
b) the sign (Ƅ) in written music that shows that a note is one ↑semitone lower than a particular note ⇨ sharp, natural
4. LAND flats [plural] an area of land that is at a low level, especially near water:
mud flats
5. SHOES flats [plural] American English a pair of women’s shoes with very low heels
6. the flat of sb’s hand/a knife/a sword etc the flat part or flat side of something
7. on the flat British English on ground that is level and does not slope
• • •
COLLOCATIONS
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + flat
▪ small The flat was too small for the three of them.
▪ big/spacious It was a big flat with eight or nine rooms.
▪ cramped/poky (=too small and not comfortable) She spends most days shut up in a poky flat looking after her disabled Mum.
▪ a one-bedroom/two-bedroom etc flat She lived in a one-bedroom flat in Clapham.
▪ a one-room/two-room etc flat Their home is a humble two-room flat.
▪ a ground-floor/first-floor/second-floor etc flat We’re moving into a first-floor flat.
▪ a basement flat (=a flat that is below ground level) They lived in a basement flat in South London.
▪ a studio flat (=with one main room) I might just be able to afford a tiny studio flat.
▪ high-rise flats (=flats in a very tall building) Many high-rise flats were built in the 1970s.
▪ a rented flat He returned to his rented flat in Cheltenham.
▪ a luxury flat Laura shares a luxury flat with her sister Chloe.
▪ a self-contained flat (=a flat with its own kitchen and bathroom) We rented a self-contained flat in the city centre.
▪ a furnished/unfurnished flat (=a rented flat that does or does not have furniture) She found a job and a furnished flat.
▪ a holiday flat The building has been converted into three holiday flats.
■ phrases
▪ a block of flats (=a large building divided into separate flats) At the time, I lived in a block of flats in St John’s Wood.
■ verbs
▪ live in a flat Terry lived in a flat on the second floor.
▪ buy a flat I had planned to buy a flat with Geraldine.
▪ rent a flat Renting a flat can be very expensive in this part of town.
▪ move into a flat They move into their new flat next week.
▪ own a flat The couple own their own flat in Peebles.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ROOMS
1. countable (BrE) a set of rooms for living in, including a kitchen, usually on one floor of a building
• Do you live in a flat or a house?
• They're renting a furnished flat on the third floor.
• a ground-floor flat
• a new block of flats
• Many large old houses have been converted into flats.
• Children from the flats (= the block of flats) across the street were playing outside.

compare apartment

LEVEL PART

2. singular the ~ of sth the flat level part of sth
• He beat on the door with the flat of his hand.

• the flat of a sword

LAND

3. countable, usually plural an area of low flat land, especially near water
• salt flats

see also mudflat

HORSE RACING

4. the flat, the Flat singular (BrE) the season for racing horses on flat ground with no jumps

IN MUSIC
5. countable a note played a semitone/half tone lower than the note that is named. The written symbol is (♭)
• There are no sharps or flats in the key of C major.
Opp: sharp

compare natural

TYRE

6. countable (especially NAmE) a tyre that has lost air, usually because of a hole
• We got a flat on the way home.

• We had to stop to fix a flat.

IN THEATRE

7. countable (technical) a vertical section of scenery used on a theatre stage

SHOES
8. flats (also flat·ties) plural (informal) shoes with a very low heel
• a pair of flats
Word Origin:
adj. and adv. n. senses 2 to 8 Middle English Old Norse flatr
n. sense 1 early 19th cent. flet ‘floor, dwelling’ Germanic flat ‘level’

Collocations:
Moving house
Renting
live in a rented/(especially NAmE) rental property
rent/share/move into a furnished house/(BrE) flat/(especially NAmE) apartment
rent a studio/(BrE) a studio flat/(especially NAmE) a studio apartment/(BrE) a bedsit
find/get a housemate/(BrE) a flatmate/(NAmE) a roommate
sign/break the lease/rental agreement/contract
extend/renew/terminate the lease/(BrE) tenancy
afford/pay the rent/the bills/(NAmE) the utilities
(especially BrE) fall behind with/ (especially NAmE) fall behind on the rent
pay/lose/return a damage deposit/(NAmE) security deposit
give/receive a month's/two-weeks' notice to leave/vacate the property
Being a landlord
have a flat/apartment/room (BrE) to let/(especially NAmE) for rent
rent (out)/lease (out)/ (BrE) let (out)/sublet a flat/apartment/house/property
collect/increase/raise the rent
evict the existing tenants
attract/find new/prospective tenants
invest in rental property/(BrE) property to let/(BrE) the buy-to-let market
Buying
buy/acquire/purchase a house/(a) property/(especially NAmE) (a piece of) prime real estate
call/contact/use (BrE) an estate agent/(NAmE) a Realtor™/(NAmE) a real estate agent/broker
make/ (BrE) put in an offer on a house
put down/save for (BrE) a deposit on a house
make/put/save for (especially NAmE) a down payment on a house/home
apply for/arrange/take out a mortgage/home loan
(struggle to) pay the mortgage
make/meet/keep up/cover the monthly mortgage payments/(BrE also) repayments
(BrE) repossess/ (especially NAmE) foreclose on sb's home/house
Selling
put your house/property on the market/up for sale/up for auction
increase/lower your price/the asking price
have/hold/hand over the deed/(especially BrE) deeds of/to the house, land, etc.
Example Bank:
• Do you think that the council could find me another flat?
• Even the prices of small bachelor flats are unbelievable.
• I'll meet you back at your flat.
• Mendelssohn's Quintet in B flat
• Our flat is one of the two occupied in the block.
• She let herself into the flat with the spare key.
• She lives in the top flat.
• The flat is located in a modern development.
• The house has now been converted into flats.
• The key of E flat major has three flats.
• The landlady found they had been illegally subletting the flat.
• The musician rented a flat in a fashionable area of London.
• The tall blocks of flats dominated the skyline.
• These birds live on the coastal flats.
• They converted two rooms of their house into a granny flat for Tony's elderly mother.
• They have a flat in Paris and a house in Normandy.
• They live in the next flat.
• We got her a flat in the same block as ours.
• a block of high-rise flats
• a contract to refurbish 18 council flats
• a luxury block of flats overlooking the marina
• mud and sand flats rich in animal life
• the people who live in the downstairs flat
• Children from the flats across the street were playing outside.
• The landlord agreed to let a ground-floor flat to me.
• They're renting a furnished flat on the third floor.

• They've just started building a new block of flats near my mum's house.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

flat / flæt / noun [ C ] UK ( US apartment ) (HOME)

A1 a set of rooms for living in that are part of a larger building and are usually all on one floor:

a furnished/unfurnished flat

a block of flats

They have a house in the country and a flat in London.

→ See also flatmate

flat / flæt / noun (LEVEL GROUND)

[ C often plural ] an area of low, level ground, often near water:

The salt flats are used for motor racing.

The mud flats attract large numbers of birds.

the flat of your hand the palm and fingers when they are held straight and level:

He hit me with the flat of his hand.

be on the flat to be on a level surface, not on a slope or hill:

Most of the path is on the flat.

flat / flæt / noun [ C usually singular ] mainly US informal (TYRE WITHOUT AIR)

a flat tyre :

We were late because we had to stop and fix a flat.

flat / flæt / noun (SHOES)

flats

flats [ plural ] women's shoes without high heels:

I feel more comfortable in flats.

flat / flæt / noun [ C ] (MUSIC)

(a symbol for) a note that is a semitone lower than a stated note

See picture music reading

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

flat

/flæt/
(flats, flatter, flattest)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.
A flat is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor and part of a larger building. A flat usually includes a kitchen and bathroom. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use apartment)
Sara lives with her husband and children in a flat in central London...
It started a fire in a block of flats...
Later on, Victor from flat 10 called.
= apartment
N-COUNT: also N num

2.
Something that is flat is level, smooth, or even, rather than sloping, curved, or uneven.
Tiles can be fixed to any surface as long as it’s flat, firm and dry...
After a moment his right hand moved across the cloth, smoothing it flat...
The sea was calm, perfectly flat.
ADJ

3.
Flat means horizontal and not upright.
Two men near him threw themselves flat...
As heartburn is usually worse when you’re lying down in bed, you should avoid lying flat.
ADJ: ADJ n, v-link ADJ, ADJ after v

4.
A flat object is not very tall or deep in relation to its length and width.
Ellen is walking down the drive with a square flat box balanced on one hand.
= shallow
ADJ: usu ADJ n

5.
Flat land is level, with no high hills or other raised parts.
To the north lie the flat and fertile farmlands of the Solway plain...
The landscape became wider, flatter and very scenic...
ADJ: ADJ n, v-link ADJ, ADJ after v

6.
A low flat area of uncultivated land, especially an area where the ground is soft and wet, can be referred to as flats or a flat.
The salt marshes and mud flats attract large numbers of waterfowl.
N-COUNT: usu pl, usu n N

7.
You can refer to one of the broad flat surfaces of an object as the flat of that object.
He slammed the counter with the flat of his hand.
...eight cloves of garlic crushed with the flat of a knife.
N-COUNT: usu sing, the N of n

8.
Flat shoes have no heels or very low heels.
People wear slacks, sweaters, flat shoes, and all manner of casual attire for travel.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
•
Flats are flat shoes. (AM)
His mother looked ten years younger in jeans and flats.
N-PLURAL

9.
A flat tyre, ball, or balloon does not have enough air in it.
ADJ

10.
A flat is a tyre that does not have enough air in it.
Then, after I finally got back on the highway, I developed a flat.
N-COUNT

11.
A drink that is flat is no longer fizzy.
Could this really stop the champagne from going flat?
≠ fizzy
ADJ

12.
A flat battery has lost some or all of its electrical charge. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use dead)
His car alarm had been going off for two days and, as a result, the battery was flat.
ADJ

13.
If you have flat feet, the arches of your feet are too low.
The condition of flat feet runs in families.
ADJ

14.
A flat denial or refusal is definite and firm, and is unlikely to be changed.
The Foreign Ministry has issued a flat denial of any involvement...
ADJ: ADJ n
• flat‧ly
He flatly refused to discuss it...
ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV adj

15.
If you say that something happened, for example, in ten seconds flat or ten minutes flat, you are emphasizing that it happened surprisingly quickly and only took ten seconds or ten minutes.
You’re sitting behind an engine that’ll move you from 0 to 60mph in six seconds flat...
ADJ: num n ADJ [emphasis]

16.
A flat rate, price, or percentage is one that is fixed and which applies in every situation.
Fees are charged at a flat rate, rather than on a percentage basis...
Sometimes there’s a flat fee for carrying out a particular task...
= fixed
≠ variable
ADJ: ADJ n

17.
If trade or business is flat, it is slow and inactive, rather than busy and improving or increasing.
During the first eight months of this year, sales of big pickups were up 14% while car sales stayed flat...
= sluggish
ADJ

18.
If you describe something as flat, you mean that it is dull and not exciting or interesting.
The past few days have seemed comparatively flat and empty...
ADJ

19.
You use flat to describe someone’s voice when they are saying something without expressing any emotion.
‘Whatever you say,’ he said in a deadly flat voice. ‘I’ll sit here and wait.’...
Her voice was flat, with no question or hope in it.
ADJ
• flat‧ly
I know you,’ he said flatly, matter-of-fact, neutral in tone.
ADV: ADV after v

20.
Flat is used after a letter representing a musical note to show that the note should be played or sung half a tone lower than the note which otherwise matches that letter. Flat is often represented by the symbol ♭ after the letter.
...Schubert’s B flat Piano Trio (Opus 99).
≠ sharp
ADJ: n ADJ

21.
If someone sings flat or if a musical instrument is flat, their singing or the instrument is slightly lower in pitch than it should be.
Her vocal range was, to say the least of it, limited, and she had a distressing tendency to sing flat.
ADV: ADV after v
•
Flat is also an adjective.
He had been fired because his singing was flat.
ADJ

22.
If you say that something is as flat as a pancake, you are emphasizing that it is completely flat.
My home state of Illinois is flat as a pancake...
PHRASE: v-link PHR [emphasis]

23.
If you fall flat on your face, you fall over.
A man walked in off the street and fell flat on his face, unconscious.
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR on n

24.
If an event or attempt falls flat or falls flat on its face, it is unsuccessful.
Liz meant it as a joke but it fell flat...
If it wasn’t for the main actress, Ellen Barkin, the plot would have fallen flat on its face.
= fail
PHRASE: V inflects

25.
If you say that you are flat broke, you mean that you have no money at all. (INFORMAL)
Two years later he is flat broke and on the dole.
= skint
PHRASE: v-link PHR [emphasis]

26.
If you do something flat out, you do it as fast or as hard as you can.
Everyone is working flat out to try to trap those responsible...
They hurtled across the line in a flat-out sprint.
PHRASE: PHR after v, PHR n

27.
You use flat out to emphasize that something is completely the case. (mainly AM INFORMAL)
That allegation is a flat-out lie...
PHRASE: PHR n/adj, PHR with v [emphasis]

28.
On the flat means on level ground.
He had angina and was unable to walk for more than 200 yards on the flat.
PHRASE

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

²flat noun, pl flats [count]
1 : a level area of land - usually plural
• salt flats
• tidal flats
2 : a flat part or surface
• the flat of your hand
• the flat of a sword
3 a : a musical note that is one semitone lower than a specified note
• B flat
b : a written symbol ♭ that is placed before a note to show that it should be played a semitone lower - compare ²natural, ³sharp
4 US : a shallow box in which young plants are grown
5 chiefly US : a shoe or slipper that has a flat heel or no heel - usually plural
• She wore a casual dress and flats to the show.
6 chiefly Brit : an apartment typically on one floor
• They moved out of their old flat.
- compare apartment
7 : a tire that does not have enough air
• I drove over a nail and got a flat.
• fix a flat

flat

noun

house

house [noun] (HOME)

a building that someone lives in, especially one that has more than one level and is intended to be used by one family

/haʊs/

خانه، منزل

مثال:

he lives in a big house

او در خانه‌ى بزرگى‌ زندگى‌ مى‌كند.‏

a building that someone lives in, especially one that has more than one level and is intended to be used by one family

معادل فارسی:

خانه، منزل

مثال انگلیسی:

he lives in a big house

او در خانه‌ى بزرگى‌ زندگى‌ مى‌كند.‏

سطح، موضوع و برچسب

موضوع:

سطح:

Region:

Oxford Essential Dictionary

house

noun (plural houses )

1 a building where a person or a family lives:
How many rooms are there in your house?
We're having dinner at Jane's house tonight.

word building
A small house is called a cottage. A house with only one floor is called a bungalow: My grandparents live in a bungalow near the sea. A tall building where lots of people live is called a block of flats or an apartment block: They live on the third floor of an apartment block.

2 a building that has a special use:
an opera house

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

house
II. house¹ S1 W1 /haʊs/ BrE AmE noun (plural houses /ˈhaʊzəz, ˈhaʊzɪz/)
[Language: Old English; Origin: hus]

1. WHERE SOMEONE LIVES [countable]
a) a building that someone lives in, especially one that has more than one level and is intended to be used by one family:
a four-bedroom house
in a house
every room in the house
at sb’s house
We met at Alison’s house.
Why don’t you all come over to our house for coffee?
move house British English (=leave your house and go to live in another one)
b) the house all the people who live in a house SYN household:
He gets up at six and disturbs the whole house.
2. BUILDING
a) opera/court/movie etc house a large public building used for a particular purpose
b) House British English used in the names of large buildings, especially offices:
the BBC television studios at Broadcasting House
c) hen house/coach house/storehouse etc a building used for a particular purpose
3. GOVERNMENT [countable] a group of people who make the laws of a country:
The president will address both houses of Congress.
the House of Commons/Lords/Representatives/Assembly
the speaker of the house ⇨ ↑Lower House, ↑Upper House
4. COMPANY [countable] a company, especially one involved in a particular area of business:
America’s oldest publishing house
a small independent software house
an auction house
a famous Italian fashion house
5. THEATRE [countable]
a) the part of a theatre, cinema etc where people sit OPP backstage:
The show has been playing to full houses.
The house was half empty.
The house lights went down and the music started.
b) the people who have come to watch a performance SYN audience
full/packed/empty house (=a large or small audience)
The show has been playing to packed houses since it opened.
6. in house if you work in house, you work at the offices of a company or organization, not at home ⇨ ↑in-house
7. put/set/get your (own) house in order used to say that someone should improve the way they behave before criticizing other people
8. bring the house down to make a lot of people laugh, especially when you are acting in a theatre
9. be on the house if drinks or meals are on the house, you do not have to pay for them because they are provided free by the owner of the bar, restaurant etc
10. house wine (also house red/white) ordinary wine that is provided by a restaurant to be drunk with meals:
A glass of house red, please.
11. get on/along like a house on fire British English informal to quickly have a very friendly relationship
12. set up house to start to live in a house, especially with another person:
The two of them set up house in Brighton.
13. keep house to regularly do all the cleaning, cooking etc in a house:
His daughter keeps house for him.
14. SCHOOL [countable] British English in some schools, one of the groups that children of different ages are divided into to compete against each other, for example in sports competitions
15. ROYAL FAMILY [countable] an important family, especially a royal family:
the House of Windsor
16. MUSIC [uncountable] ↑house music
17. house of God/worship literary a church
18. this house formal used to mean the people who are voting in a formal ↑debate when you are stating the proposal that is being discussed ⇨ DOLL’S HOUSE, ⇨ eat somebody out of house and home at ↑eat(10), ⇨ ↑open house, ↑public house, ⇨ (as) safe as houses at ↑safe¹(5)
• • •
COLLOCATIONS
■ verbs
▪ live in a house They live in a really big house in Hampstead.
▪ buy a house We bought this house when Liam was just a baby.
▪ rent a house While he was working in London, Ken rented a house in Fulham.
▪ sell a house We decided to sell the house and move back to Seattle.
▪ put your house on the market (=make it available for people to buy) They put the house on the market and began looking for an apartment.
▪ move into/out of a house We’re moving into our new house next week.
▪ build a house They’re building a house on land overlooking Galway Bay.
▪ put up a house (=build a house, especially when it seems very quick) I think they’ve ruined the village by putting up these new houses.
▪ renovate a house (=repair a house so that it is in good condition again) He makes money by renovating old houses and selling them on.
▪ decorate a house (=put paint or wallpaper on the inside walls of a house) If we’re going to decorate the house, let’s get professionals in.
▪ do up a house informal (=decorate it) We’ve been doing up the house bit by bit since we first moved in.
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + house
▪ a private house (=one owned by someone) It was a residential neighborhood of private houses.
▪ a rented house (=one owned by someone who rents it to people) She shares a rented house with three other students.
▪ a council house British English (=one owned by a local council that people can rent cheaply) The rent rise is a blow to council house tenants.
▪ a Georgian/Victorian/Edwardian etc house (=a house in Britain that was built during the reign of a particular king or queen ) They live in a lovely old Edwardian house with high ceilings.
■ house + NOUN
▪ house prices House prices have tripled over the last ten years.
▪ a house owner All house owners must pay council tax.
▪ a house purchase A solicitor can help you with the legal aspects of a house purchase.
▪ house hunting (=the activity of looking at houses that you might buy) Have you had any success with your house hunting?
• • •
THESAURUS
▪ house a building that someone lives in, especially one that is intended for one family, person, or couple to live in: Annie and Rick have just bought their first house. | The price of houses is going up all the time.
▪ detached house British English a house that is not joined to another house: a detached four-bedroomed house
▪ semi-detached house British English a house that is joined to another house on one side
▪ terraced house British English, row house American English one of a row of houses that are joined together
▪ townhouse one of a row of houses that are joined together. In British English, townhouse is often used about a large and impressive house in a fashionable area of a city: an 18th-century townhouse in Bath
▪ cottage a small house in the country – used especially about houses in the UK: a little cottage in the country | a thatched cottage (=with a roof made of straw)
▪ bungalow a small house that is all on one level: Bungalows are suitable for many elderly people.
▪ country house a large house in the countryside, especially one that is of historical interest: The hotel was originally an Edwardian country house.
▪ mansion a very large house: the family’s Beverly Hills mansion
▪ mobile home (also trailer American English) a type of house that can be pulled by a large vehicle and moved to another place
▪ ranch house American English a long narrow house that is all on one level: a California ranch house
▪ duplex American English a house that is divided into two separate homes
■ an apartment
▪ apartment especially American English, flat British English a set of rooms where someone lives that is part of a house or bigger building. In British English, people usually say flat. Apartment is used about large and expensive flats, or in advertisements: His apartment is on the eighth floor. | In London, I shared a flat with some other students.
▪ condominium (also condo informal) American English one apartment in a building with several apartments, owned by the people who live in them: a 10-unit condominium complex
■ a group of houses
▪ development a group of new houses or other buildings that are all planned and built together on the same piece of land: The site is to be used for a new housing development.
▪ estate British English an area where a large group of houses have all been built together at the same time: She grew up on a council estate in Leeds.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

house

house [house houses housed housing] noun, verb

noun
[haʊs] ; [haʊs] (pl. houses [ˈhaʊzɪz] ; [ˈhaʊzɪz] )
BUILDING
1. countable a building for people to live in, usually for one family
• He went into the house.
• a two-bedroom house
• Let's have the party at my house.
• house prices
• What time do you leave the house in the morning (= to go to work)?
• (BrE) We're moving house (= leaving our house and going to live in a different one).
• We went on a tour of the house and grounds (= for example, at a country house, open to the public).

see also penthouse, safe house, show house

2. singular all the people living in a house
Syn: household

• Be quiet or you'll wake the whole house!

3. countable (in compounds) a building used for a particular purpose, for example for holding meetings in or keeping animals or goods in
• an opera house
• a henhouse

see also doghouse, dosshouse, halfway house, hothouse, lighthouse, madhouse, outhouse, storehouse, warehouse

4. House singular (BrE) used in the names of office buildings

• Their offices are on the second floor of Chester House.

COMPANY/INSTITUTION

5. countable (in compounds) a company involved in a particular kind of business; an institution of a particular kind
• a fashion/banking/publishing, etc. house
• a religious house (= a convent or a monastery )
• I work in house (= in the offices of the company that I work for, not at home)

see also clearing house, in-house

RESTAURANT

6. countable (in compounds) a restaurant
• a steakhouse
• a coffee house
• a bottle of house wine (= the cheapest wine available in a particular restaurant, sometimes not listed by name)

see also free house, public house, roadhouse, tied house

PARLIAMENT

7. countable (often House) a group of people who meet to discuss and make the laws of a country
• Legislation requires approval by both houses of parliament.

see also lower house, upper house

8. the House singular the House of Commons or the House of Lords in Britain; the House of Representatives in the US
IN DEBATE
9. the house singular a group of people discussing sth in a formal debate

• I urge the house to vote against the motion.

IN THEATRE

10. countable the part of a theatre where the audience sits; the audience at a particular performance
• playing to a full/packed/empty house (= to a large/small audience)
• The spotlight faded and the house lights came up.

see also front-of-house, full house

IN SCHOOL

11. countable (in some British schools) an organized group of students of different ages who compete against other groups in sports competitions, etc. and who may, in boarding schools, live together in one building

FAMILY
12. countable (usually the House of…) an old and famous family

• the House of Windsor (= the British royal family)

MUSIC

13. uncountable = house music
see also acid house, art-house, open house, powerhouse There are many other compounds ending in house. You will find them at their place in the alphabet.
more at clean house at clean _v., not a dry eye in the house at dry _n., eat sb out of house and home at eat, people (who live) in glass houses shouldn't throw stones at people _n., safe as houses at safe _adj.
Word Origin:
Old English hūs (noun), hūsian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch huis, German Haus (nouns), and Dutch huizen, German hausen (verbs).
Thesaurus:
house noun C
• We live in a two-bedroom house.
home • • cottage • |BrE bungalow • • flat • |especially AmE townhouse • • apartment • |AmE ranch house • |informal place • |formal residence • • dwelling •
a detached/semi-detached house/home/cottage/bungalow
a one-/two-bedroom, etc. house/home/cottage/bungalow/flat/townhouse/apartment/ranch house
live in a house/cottage/bungalow/flat/townhouse/apartment/ranch house
stay in a house/cottage/bungalow/flat/apartment
Collocations:
Decorating and home improvement
Houses
refurbish/renovate/ (BrE) do up a building/a house
convert a building/house/room into homes/offices/(especially NAmE) apartments/(BrE) flats
extend/enlarge a house/building/room/kitchen
build (BrE) an extension (to the back/rear of a house)/(NAmE) an addition (on/to sth)/(BrE) a conservatory
knock down/demolish a house/home/building/wall
knock out/through the wall separating two rooms
Decoration
furnish/paint/ (especially BrE) decorate a home/house/apartment/flat/room
be decorated in bright colours/(especially US) colors/in a traditional style/with flowers/with paintings
paint/plaster the walls/ceiling
hang/put up/strip off/remove the wallpaper
install/replace/remove the bathroom fixtures/(BrE) fittings
build/put up shelves
lay wooden flooring/timber decking/floor tiles/a carpet/a patio
put up/hang/take down a picture/painting/poster/curtain
DIY/home improvement
do (BrE) DIY/carpentry/the plumbing/the wiring
make home improvements
add/install central heating/underfloor heating/insulation
fit/install double-glazing/a smoke alarm
insulate your house/your home/the walls/the pipes/the tanks/(especially BrE) the loft
fix/repair a roof/a leak/a pipe/the plumbing/a leaking (especially BrE) tap/(NAmE usually) faucet
block/clog (up)/unblock/unclog a pipe/sink
make/drill/fill a hole
hammer (in)/pull out/remove a nail
tighten/untighten/loosen/remove a screw
saw/cut/treat/stain/varnish/paint wood
Collocations:
Moving house
Renting
live in a rented/(especially NAmE) rental property
rent/share/move into a furnished house/(BrE) flat/(especially NAmE) apartment
rent a studio/(BrE) a studio flat/(especially NAmE) a studio apartment/(BrE) a bedsit
find/get a housemate/(BrE) a flatmate/(NAmE) a roommate
sign/break the lease/rental agreement/contract
extend/renew/terminate the lease/(BrE) tenancy
afford/pay the rent/the bills/(NAmE) the utilities
(especially BrE) fall behind with/ (especially NAmE) fall behind on the rent
pay/lose/return a damage deposit/(NAmE) security deposit
give/receive a month's/two-weeks' notice to leave/vacate the property
Being a landlord
have a flat/apartment/room (BrE) to let/(especially NAmE) for rent
rent (out)/lease (out)/ (BrE) let (out)/sublet a flat/apartment/house/property
collect/increase/raise the rent
evict the existing tenants
attract/find new/prospective tenants
invest in rental property/(BrE) property to let/(BrE) the buy-to-let market
Buying
buy/acquire/purchase a house/(a) property/(especially NAmE) (a piece of) prime real estate
call/contact/use (BrE) an estate agent/(NAmE) a Realtor™/(NAmE) a real estate agent/broker
make/ (BrE) put in an offer on a house
put down/save for (BrE) a deposit on a house
make/put/save for (especially NAmE) a down payment on a house/home
apply for/arrange/take out a mortgage/home loan
(struggle to) pay the mortgage
make/meet/keep up/cover the monthly mortgage payments/(BrE also) repayments
(BrE) repossess/ (especially NAmE) foreclose on sb's home/house
Selling
put your house/property on the market/up for sale/up for auction
increase/lower your price/the asking price
have/hold/hand over the deed/(especially BrE) deeds of/to the house, land, etc.
Example Bank:
• I finally tracked him down at his house in Denver.
• I live in a group/shared house.
• I work front of house.
• In the morning, the doctor makes house calls.
• It was easy to get lost in the rambling house.
• It was so hot outside we stayed in the house.
• It's stressful moving house.
• Our challenge was to add onto the house in a respectful way.
• Police are making house-to-house enquiries following the discovery of the body.
• Police officers have been searching the house for clues.
• She kept house for her elderly parents.
• She kept house= cooked, cleaned, etc. for her elderly parents.
• She shares a house with three other nurses.
• She was a house model for Gucci.
• She went from house to house collecting signatures for her campaign.
• The bank offers attractive rates to first-time house buyers.
• The children were playing house, giving dinner to their dolls.
• The former dictator is under house arrest in his country mansion.
• The great house stood on the edge of the town.
• The house faces south, making the most of the sun.
• The house loomed over him as he waited at the front door.
• The house stood a short distance from the wood.
• The palace is a treasure house of fine antiques.
• The police provided a safe house for the informer.
• Their house was repossessed when they couldn't keep up their mortgage payments.
• They bought a dilapidated house when they got married, and are gradually doing it up.
• They bought an old house and are gradually renovating it.
• They built their own dream house overlooking the river.
• They helped us with our house move.
• They lived in a modest semi-detached house in the suburbs.
• They played to a packed house.
• They want to set up house together.
• They've moved house and have invited us to their house-warming on Saturday.
• We had to move out of our house.
• We let out our house when we moved to America.
• We're hoping to extend the house.
• We're only planning on renting the house out for a few years.
• You'll wake up the whole house with that noise.
• a debate in the House of Commons
• a halfway house for prisoners returning to society
• a house occupied by students
• houses overlooking the park
• the front-of-house staff
• Be quiet or you'll wake the whole house!
• Elections to the lower house of parliament are by proportional representation.
• House prices in London are still falling.
• Let's have the party at my house.
• The ‘Bundersrat’ is the upper house of the German parliament.
• The publishing house made its name by encouraging first-time writers.
• We live in a two-bedroom house.
• We went on a tour of the house and grounds.
• What time do you leave the house in the morning?

Idioms: bring the house down ▪ get on like a house on fire ▪ go all round the houses ▪ keep house ▪ on the house ▪ put your house in order ▪ set up house

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

house / haʊs / noun ( plural houses / ˈhaʊzɪz / ) (HOME)

A1 [ C ] a building that people, usually one family, live in:

a detached/semi-detached house

to buy/rent a house

house prices

She lives in a little house in ( US on ) Cross Street.

→ See also farmhouse noun , roadhouse

[ C usually singular ] all the people living in a house:

Try not to wake the whole house when you come in!

[ C ] a building where animals are kept:

the monkey/lion house at the zoo

a hen house

Word partners for house

build / buy / rent / sell a house • a beautiful / fine / derelict / rambling house • a terraced / semi-detached / detached house

house / haʊs / noun ( plural houses / ˈhaʊzɪz / ) (PUBLIC BUILDING)

[ C ] a building or part of a building that is used for a special purpose:

the Sydney Opera House

Broadcasting House

Word partners for house

build / buy / rent / sell a house • a beautiful / fine / derelict / rambling house • a terraced / semi-detached / detached house

house / haʊs / noun ( plural houses / ˈhaʊzɪz / ) (BUSINESS)

a company that is involved in a particular area of business:

a publishing house

a fashion house

UK a curry house (= a South Asian restaurant)

Word partners for house

build / buy / rent / sell a house • a beautiful / fine / derelict / rambling house • a terraced / semi-detached / detached house

house / haʊs / noun [ U ] ( plural houses / ˈhaʊzɪz / ) ( also ˈ house ˌ music ) (MUSIC)

popular dance music with a fast regular beat, usually produced on electronic equipment:

House music first appeared in the late 1980s.

Word partners for house

build / buy / rent / sell a house • a beautiful / fine / derelict / rambling house • a terraced / semi-detached / detached house

house / haʊs / noun [ C ] ( plural houses / ˈhaʊzɪz / ) UK (SCHOOL GROUP)

any of a small number of groups that the children in a school are put in for sports and other competitions:

an inter-house football match

Word partners for house

build / buy / rent / sell a house • a beautiful / fine / derelict / rambling house • a terraced / semi-detached / detached house

house / haʊs / noun [ C ] ( plural houses / ˈhaʊzɪz / ) (FAMILY)

an important family, especially a royal one:

The British Royal Family belong to the House of Windsor.

Word partners for house

build / buy / rent / sell a house • a beautiful / fine / derelict / rambling house • a terraced / semi-detached / detached house

house / haʊs / noun ( plural houses / ˈhaʊzɪz / ) (POLITICS)

[ C ] an organization that makes laws, or its meeting place the House the members of the organization that makes laws:

The House began sitting at 3 p.m./rose at 2 a.m.

[ S ] the group of people who suggest a subject for a debate:

The motion for tonight's debate is, "This house believes that capital punishment should be abolished."

Word partners for house

build / buy / rent / sell a house • a beautiful / fine / derelict / rambling house • a terraced / semi-detached / detached house

house / haʊs / noun [ C ] ( plural houses / ˈhaʊzɪz / ) (PEOPLE AT THEATRE)

C2 the people watching a performance, especially in a theatre:

The opera played to a full/packed house.

Word partners for house

build / buy / rent / sell a house • a beautiful / fine / derelict / rambling house • a terraced / semi-detached / detached house

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

house

Pronounced /haʊs/ for the noun and adjective, and /haʊz/ for the verb. The form 'houses' is pronounced /haʊzɪz/.
(housing, housed)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.
A house is a building in which people live, usually the people belonging to one family.
She has moved to a smaller house.
...her parents’ house in Warwickshire.
N-COUNT

2.
You can refer to all the people who live together in a house as the house.
If he set his alarm clock for midnight, it would wake the whole house...
= household
N-SING: usu the N

3.
House is used in the names of types of places where people go to eat and drink.
...a steak house.
...an old Salzburg coffee house.
N-COUNT: n N

4.
House is used in the names of types of companies, especially ones which publish books, lend money, or design clothes.
Many of the clothes come from the world’s top fashion houses...
Eventually she was fired from her job at a publishing house.
N-COUNT: n N

5.
House is sometimes used in the names of office buildings and large private homes or expensive houses. (mainly BRIT)
I was to go to the very top floor of Bush House in Aldwych.
...Harewood House near Leeds.
N-IN-NAMES: n N

6.
You can refer to the two main bodies of Britain’s parliament and the United States of America’s legislature as the House or a House.
Some members of the House and Senate worked all day yesterday...
N-COUNT

7.
A house is a family which has been or will be important for many generations, especially the family of a king or queen.
...the House of Windsor.
N-COUNT: with supp

8.
The house is the part of a theatre, cinema, or other place of entertainment where the audience sits. You can also refer to the audience at a particular performance as the house.
They played in front of a packed house.
N-COUNT

9.
A restaurant’s house wine is the cheapest wine it sells, which is not listed by name on the wine list.
Tweed ordered a carafe of the house wine.
ADJ: ADJ n

10.
To house someone means to provide a house or flat for them to live in.
Part III of the Housing Act 1985 imposes duties on local authorities to house homeless people...
Regrettably we have to house families in these inadequate flats.
VERB: V n, V n adv/prep

11.
A building or container that houses something is the place where it is located or from where it operates.
The château itself is open to the public and houses a museum of motorcycles and cars...
VERB: no cont, V n

12.
If you say that a building houses a number of people, you mean that is the place where they live or where they are staying.
The building will house twelve boys and eight girls...
= accommodate
VERB: no cont, V n

13.
see also boarding house, chapter house, clearing house, council house, doll’s house, full house, open house, opera house, public house, Wendy house, White House

14.
If a person or their performance or speech brings the house down, the audience claps, laughs, or shouts loudly because the performance or speech is very impressive or amusing. (INFORMAL)
It’s really an amazing dance. It just always brings the house down.
PHRASE: V inflects

15.
If two people get on like a house on fire, they quickly become close friends, for example because they have many interests in common. (INFORMAL)
PHRASE: V inflects

16.
If you are given something in a restaurant or bar on the house, you do not have to pay for it.
The owner knew about the engagement and brought them glasses of champagne on the house.
PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v

17.
If someone gets their house in order, puts their house in order, or sets their house in order, they arrange their affairs and solve their problems.
Some think Stempel’s departure will help the company get its financial house in order...
PHRASE: V inflects

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

¹house /ˈhaʊs/ noun, pl hous·es /ˈhaʊzəz/
1 a [count] : a building in which a family lives
• Would you like to come to my house for dinner?
• a two-family house
• I spent the weekend just puttering around the house.
- often used before another noun
• house pets/plants
• a house guest
• house parties
b [singular] : the people who live in a house
• He made enough noise to wake the whole house.
2 [count]
a : a structure or shelter in which animals are kept - see also birdhouse, doghouse, henhouse
b : a building in which something is stored
• a carriage house
- see also boathouse, warehouse
3 [count] : a building where students or members of a religious group live
• a fraternity house
4 a [count] : a group of people who meet to discuss and make the laws of a country
• The bill has been approved by both houses of Congress.
• The two houses of the U.S. Congress are the Senate [=the upper house] and the House of Representatives. [=the lower house]
• The two houses of the British Parliament are the House of Lords [=the upper house] and the House of Commons. [=the lower house]
b the House : house of representatives
• They hope to win enough seats in the election to regain control of the House.
- see also house of commons, house of lords
5 [count]
a : a specified kind of business
• a publishing house
• fashion houses
• an investment banking house
• a brokerage house
b : a place or building where a specified kind of activity or entertainment occurs
• an auction house
• a house of God/worship [=a place, such as a church, where people go for religious services]
• (US) a movie house [=a cinema, (US) a movie theater] : a place where an illegal activity occurs
• a gambling house
• a house of prostitution
- see also opera house
c : a particular kind of restaurant
• We had dinner at the local fish house.
• a seafood house
• Oyster stew is a specialty of the house. [=a special dish that is featured in a restaurant]
✦A house wine is a basic wine that is always available in a restaurant. A house salad and a house (salad) dressing are the regular salad and dressing in a U.S. restaurant.
• Would you like the house salad or a spinach salad?
• The house dressing is a creamy vinaigrette.
- see also coffeehouse, steak house
6 [count] : the audience in a theater or concert hall
• They had a full/packed house on opening night.
• When the movie ended, there wasn't a dry eye in the house. [=everyone had tears in their eyes]
✦To bring down the house or to bring the house down is to get great approval and applause or laughter from an audience.
• His performance brought down the house night after night.
7 House [count] : a royal or noble family including ancestors and all the people who are related to them
• the House of Tudor
8 [noncount] : a type of electronic dance music with a heavy, regular beat - called also house music,
clean house US
1 : to clean the floors, furniture, etc., inside a house
• He cleans house on Tuesdays.
2 : to make important basic changes in an organization, business, etc., in order to correct problems
• After the corruption was revealed, the police chief decided it was time to clean house.
(from) house to house
✦If you go (from) house to house, you go to each house or apartment in an area and do or ask for something.
• Volunteers went from house to house asking for donations.
- see also house-to-house
house in order
✦To put/get/set (etc.) your house in order is to improve or correct the way you do things.
• We should get our (own) house in order before we criticize others for their mistakes.
• The company needs to get its financial house in order. [=to correct its financial problems]
keep house : to do the work that is needed to take care of a house
• When I started living on my own I had no idea how to cook or keep house.
• You need someone to keep house for you.
- see also housekeeper, housekeeping
like a house on fire informal : extremely well
• Those two got on/along like a house on fire. [=they liked each other very much]
• (US) The business started out like a house on fire. [=the business started very successfully]
on the house : without charge : free
• The drinks are on the house.
people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
- see ¹glass
play house
✦When children play house they pretend that they are adults and that they are doing the things that adults do in a house, such as cooking and serving food.
• She always loved playing house with her little sister.
set up house : to become settled in a house where you are going to live
• They moved to California and set up house in a suburb of Los Angeles.
- house·ful /ˈhaʊsˌfʊl/ noun, pl -fuls [count]
• a houseful of guests

home

home [noun] (HOUSE/APARTMENT)

the house, apartment, or place where you live

/hoʊm/

/həʊm/

خانه‌، منزل‌

مثال:

I return home every day at five.

من هر روز ساعت پنج به خانه برمی‌گردم.

the house, apartment, or place where you live

معادل فارسی:

خانه‌، منزل‌

مثال انگلیسی:

I return home every day at five.

من هر روز ساعت پنج به خانه برمی‌گردم.

سطح، موضوع و برچسب

موضوع:

سطح:

Region:

Oxford Essential Dictionary

1 the place where you live:
Simon left home (= stopped living in his parents' house) at the age of 18.

2 a place where they look after people, for example children who have no parents, or old people:
My grandmother lives in an old people's home.

at home in your house or flat:
I stayed at home yesterday.
Is Sara at home?

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

home

I. home¹ S1 W1 /həʊm $ hoʊm/ BrE AmE noun
[Word Family: adjective: homeless, homely, homeward; noun: home, homelessness; adverb: home, HOMEWARDS; verb: home]
[Language: Old English; Origin: ham 'village, home']
1. PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE [uncountable and countable] the house, apartment, or place where you live:
They have a beautiful home in California.
Good luck in your new home!
at home
Last night we stayed at home and watched TV.
away from home
He was spending more and more time away from home.
work from/at home (=do your work at home instead of at a company office)
A family of birds made their home (=started living) under the roof.
2. FAMILY [uncountable and countable] the place where a child lived with his or her family:
Jack left home when he was 16.
Were you still living at home (=with your parents)?
Carrie moved out of the family home a year ago.
3. WHERE YOU CAME FROM/BELONG [uncountable and countable] the place where you came from or where you usually live, especially when this is the place where you feel happy and comfortable:
She was born in Italy, but she’s made Charleston her home.
back home
The folks back home don’t really understand what life is like here.
4. YOUR COUNTRY [uncountable] the country where you live, as opposed to foreign countries
at home
auto sales at home and abroad
back home
He’s been travelling, but he’s kept up with what’s going on back home.
5. be/feel at home
a) to feel comfortable in a place or with a person
be/feel at home in/with
I’m already feeling at home in the new apartment.
After a while we began to feel at home with each other.
b) to feel happy or confident about doing or using something
be/feel at home with/in
Practise using the video until you feel quite at home with it.
6. PROPERTY [countable] a house, apartment etc considered as property which you can buy or sell:
Attractive modern homes for sale.
7. FOR TAKING CARE OF SOMEBODY [countable] a place where people who are very old or sick, or children who have no family, are looked after:
an old people’s home
I could never put Dad into a home. ⇨ CHILDREN’S HOME, ↑nursing home, ↑rest home
8. make yourself at home spoken used to tell someone who is visiting you that they should relax:
Sit down and make yourself at home.
9. make somebody feel at home to make someone feel relaxed by being friendly towards them:
We like to make our customers feel at home.
10. the home of something
a) the place where something was first discovered, made, or developed:
America is the home of baseball.
b) the place where a plant or animal grows or lives:
India is the home of elephants and tigers.
11. SPORTS TEAM at home if a sports team plays at home, they play at their own sports field OPP away
at home to
Birmingham Bullets are at home to Kingston.
12. home from home British English, home away from home American English a place that you think is as pleasant and comfortable as your own house
13. home sweet home used to say how nice it is to be in your own home
14. dogs’/cats’ home British English a place where animals with no owners are looked after
15. find a home for something British English to find a place where something can be kept:
Can you find a home for the piano?
16. what’s that when it’s at home? British English spoken used humorously to ask what a long or unusual word means
17. GAMES [uncountable] a place in some games or sports which a player must try to reach in order to win a point
⇨ ↑home plate, ↑home run
• • •
COLLOCATIONS (for Meanings 1 & 2)
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + home
▪ a secure/stable home (=a caring family without a lot of changes) He had grown up in a stable home.
▪ a happy home (=a happy family) We had a happy home.
▪ a broken home (=a family in which the parents have separated) Many of the youngsters came from broken homes.
▪ the family home (=where a family lives) The house was once the family home of the O'Dare family.
▪ the marital home (=where a husband and wife live) He left the marital home to move in with his lover.
▪ sb’s childhood/boyhood etc home (=where you lived as a child) I had not been back to my childhood home for ten years.
▪ a permanent/temporary home Flood victims were offered temporary homes.
■ verbs
▪ live at home (=live with your parents) More people in their twenties are still living at home because housing is so expensive.
▪ leave home (=stop living with your parents at home) Lisa had left home at age 16.
▪ work from/at home (=do your work at home instead of at an office) I work at home three days a week.
• • •
THESAURUS
▪ home the house, apartment, or place where you live: More and more people are working from home. | It was past midnight by the time I got home.
▪ house a building that someone lives in, especially a building intended for one person, couple, or family: Shall we meet at your house? | Have you seen Dave’s new house – it’s huge!
▪ place spoken informal the house, apartment, or room where someone lives: We went to Sara’s place after the movie. | He’s just bought a fantastic place right by the sea.
▪ residence formal the house or apartment where someone lives, especially a large or official one: The Prime Minister’s official residence is 10 Downing Street. | His wife transferred her main residence to Spain.
▪ holiday home British English, vacation home American English a house that someone owns by the sea, in the mountains etc, where they go for their holidays: They bought a luxury holiday home in Spain.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

home

home [home homes homed homing] noun, adjective, adverb, verb [həʊm] [hoʊm]

noun

HOUSE, ETC.
1. countable, uncountable the house or flat/apartment that you live in, especially with your family
• We are not far from my home now.
• Old people prefer to stay in their own homes.
• She leaves home at 7 every day.
• the family home
• While travelling she missed the comforts of home.
• He left home (= left his parents and began an independent life) at sixteen.
• Nowadays a lot of people work from home.
• I'll call you from home later.
• (figurative) We haven't found a home for all our books yet (= a place where they can be kept).
• stray dogs needing new homes

see also stay-at-home

2. countable a house or flat/apartment, etc, when you think of it as property that can be bought and sold
• a holiday/summer home
• A lot of new homes are being built on the edge of town.
• Private home ownership is increasing faster than ever.
• They applied for a home improvement loan.

see also mobile home, second home, stately home

TOWN/COUNTRY

3. countable, uncountable the town, district, country, etc. that you come from, or where you are living and that you feel you belong to
• I often think about my friends back home.
• Jane left England and made Greece her home.

• Jamaica is home to over two million people.

FAMILY

4. countable used to refer to a family living together, and the way it behaves
• She came from a violent home.
• They wanted to give the boy a secure and loving home.
• He had always wanted a real home with a wife and children.

see also broken home

FOR OLD PEOPLE/CHILDREN

5. countable a place where people who cannot care for themselves live and are cared for by others
• a children's home
• an old people's home
• a retirement home
• a home for the mentally ill
• She has lived in a home since she was six.

see also nursing home, rest home

FOR PETS

6. countable a place where pets with no owner are taken care of

• a dogs'/cats' home

OF PLANT/ANIMAL

7. singular, uncountable the place where a plant or animal usually lives; the place where sb/sth can be found
• This region is the home of many species of wild flower.
• The tiger's home is in the jungle.
• The Rockies are home to bears and mountain lions.
• Arizona is home to the Grand Canyon and the Petrified Forest.

• Beverly Hills is the home of the stars.

WHERE STH FIRST DONE

8. singular the ~ of sth the place where sth was first discovered, made or invented
• New Orleans, the home of jazz
• Greece, the home of democracy
more at charity begins at home at charity, close to home at close²_adj., eat sb out of house and home at eat, an Englishman's home is his castle at Englishman, your spiritual home at spiritual
Word Origin:
Old English hām, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heem and German Heim.
Thesaurus:
home noun
1. C, U
• My home is very near here.
house • • address • |BrE flat • |especially AmE apartment • |informal place • |formal dwelling • • residence • |formal humorous abode •
at home/sb's house/an address/sb's flat/sb's apartment/sb's place/sb's residence
in a home/sb's house/sb's flat/sb's apartmentsb's place/a dwelling/a residence
have a/an home/house/address/flat/apartment/place of your own
2. C
• 200 new homes are being built in the town.
house • • cottage • |BrE flat • • bungalow • |especially AmE apartment • • townhouse • • condominium • |AmE ranch house •
a detached/semi-detached home/house/cottage/bungalow
a one-/two-/three-bedroom home/house/cottage/flat/bungalow/apartment/townhouse/ranch house
rent a home/house/cottage/flat/bungalow/apartment
3. C, U
• She left England and made her home in Spain.
homeland • • hometown • • birthplace •
a/an beloved/adopted home/homeland/hometown
a tribal/traditional/spiritual home/homeland
return to your home/homeland/hometown/birthplace
4. C
• a child from a secure and loving home
family • • household • • house •
a low-income/poor/high-income/wealthy/rich home/family/household
come from a …home/family
sb's home/family life/background/situation
Collocations:
Decorating and home improvement
Houses
refurbish/renovate/ (BrE) do up a building/a house
convert a building/house/room into homes/offices/(especially NAmE) apartments/(BrE) flats
extend/enlarge a house/building/room/kitchen
build (BrE) an extension (to the back/rear of a house)/(NAmE) an addition (on/to sth)/(BrE) a conservatory
knock down/demolish a house/home/building/wall
knock out/through the wall separating two rooms
Decoration
furnish/paint/ (especially BrE) decorate a home/house/apartment/flat/room
be decorated in bright colours/(especially US) colors/in a traditional style/with flowers/with paintings
paint/plaster the walls/ceiling
hang/put up/strip off/remove the wallpaper
install/replace/remove the bathroom fixtures/(BrE) fittings
build/put up shelves
lay wooden flooring/timber decking/floor tiles/a carpet/a patio
put up/hang/take down a picture/painting/poster/curtain
DIY/home improvement
do (BrE) DIY/carpentry/the plumbing/the wiring
make home improvements
add/install central heating/underfloor heating/insulation
fit/install double-glazing/a smoke alarm
insulate your house/your home/the walls/the pipes/the tanks/(especially BrE) the loft
fix/repair a roof/a leak/a pipe/the plumbing/a leaking (especially BrE) tap/(NAmE usually) faucet
block/clog (up)/unblock/unclog a pipe/sink
make/drill/fill a hole
hammer (in)/pull out/remove a nail
tighten/untighten/loosen/remove a screw
saw/cut/treat/stain/varnish/paint wood
Collocations:
Moving house
Renting
live in a rented/(especially NAmE) rental property
rent/share/move into a furnished house/(BrE) flat/(especially NAmE) apartment
rent a studio/(BrE) a studio flat/(especially NAmE) a studio apartment/(BrE) a bedsit
find/get a housemate/(BrE) a flatmate/(NAmE) a roommate
sign/break the lease/rental agreement/contract
extend/renew/terminate the lease/(BrE) tenancy
afford/pay the rent/the bills/(NAmE) the utilities
(especially BrE) fall behind with/ (especially NAmE) fall behind on the rent
pay/lose/return a damage deposit/(NAmE) security deposit
give/receive a month's/two-weeks' notice to leave/vacate the property
Being a landlord
have a flat/apartment/room (BrE) to let/(especially NAmE) for rent
rent (out)/lease (out)/ (BrE) let (out)/sublet a flat/apartment/house/property
collect/increase/raise the rent
evict the existing tenants
attract/find new/prospective tenants
invest in rental property/(BrE) property to let/(BrE) the buy-to-let market
Buying
buy/acquire/purchase a house/(a) property/(especially NAmE) (a piece of) prime real estate
call/contact/use (BrE) an estate agent/(NAmE) a Realtor™/(NAmE) a real estate agent/broker
make/ (BrE) put in an offer on a house
put down/save for (BrE) a deposit on a house
make/put/save for (especially NAmE) a down payment on a house/home
apply for/arrange/take out a mortgage/home loan
(struggle to) pay the mortgage
make/meet/keep up/cover the monthly mortgage payments/(BrE also) repayments
(BrE) repossess/ (especially NAmE) foreclose on sb's home/house
Selling
put your house/property on the market/up for sale/up for auction
increase/lower your price/the asking price
have/hold/hand over the deed/(especially BrE) deeds of/to the house, land, etc.
Example Bank:
• Andalusia, the home of flamenco
• Fitting a burglar alarm is the most effective way to increase home security.
• He came from an appalling home background.
• He claimed he had bought the cigarettes for home consumption, not to sell them.
• He didn't leave home until he was 24.
• He supplements his income with part-time or home work.
• He used to spend the summer painting at his country home.
• He went missing while on home leave from prison.
• He'd always dreamed of owning his own home.
• Her job means she's away from home for weeks at a time.
• I arranged to meet her in her office, as she seemed more relaxed on her home territory.
• I've tried all the home remedies for headaches without success.
• It's unusual for young people over 25 to still live in the family home.
• Let's go home— I'm tired.
• Make sure you insure your home contents for an adequate amount.
• More and more children in the school are from single-parent homes.
• My grandmother has a home help who comes and cleans twice a week.
• On the home front, the fuel crisis continues to worsen.
• Perhaps we could find a home for the kitten.
• Placing a child in public care is sometimes the only solution to ill-treatment in the natural home.
• Priceless antique furniture was destroyed in the fire at the stately home.
• She desperately missed her home comforts while camping.
• She had never had a stable home life.
• She left her native home in Ireland and went to America.
• She missed her mother's home cooking.
• The banner said ‘Welcome home dad!’
• The course is suitable for classroom or home study.
• The doctor was assaulted on a home visit.
• The first time he visited New Orleans he knew he had found his spiritual home.
• The hill is the legendary home of King Arthur.
• The hotel's friendly atmosphere makes it a real home (away) from home.
• The lock-up garage provides a secure home for your car.
• The mudflats offer a winter home to thousands of migrating swans.
• The newspaper gives priority to home news over international news.
• The people abandoned their homes and headed for the hills.
• The show gives home-grown musical talent the chance to show what they can do.
• The storm wrecked the family's caravan home.
• The team are playing away from home.
• The team's home form has slumped in recent weeks.
• These birds are in danger of becoming extinct as their forest home disappears.
• These children badly need a stable and secure home life.
• They also have a holiday home in Spain.
• They also have a weekend home in the Catskills.
• They are a difficult team to beat on their home ground.
• They designed and built their own home.
• They found their dream home on the shore of a lake.
• They hope to sell as many computers on the home market as they export.
• They run a retirement home for the elderly.
• This computer is marketed for home use.
• Try calling me on my home number after six o'clock.
• We are offering a free 15-day home trial on our software.
• We have a home movie of my dad teaching me to swim.
• We have to provide a good home for the children.
• Work begins this week on a purpose-built home for the city's homeless.
• a laser printer aimed at the home user
• a shelter for people with no permanent home
• a temporary home for the paintings
• children from a broken home
• home-grown vegetables
• home-made bread
• seamen serving in home waters
• the market for home entertainment systems
• the party's spokesman for home affairs
• A family of four was rescued early this morning when fire ripped through their terraced home.
• Eventually she had to give up her house and go into a nursing home.
• He refused to give up his house and garden and go into a retirement home.
• His children were upset when he sold the family home.
• I had always thought of India as my spiritual home.
• I often think about my friends back home.
• I'll call you from home later.
• Juliet left England and made Spain her home.
• My grandmother moved into an old people's home two years ago.
• Nora's parents lost custody, and she was placed in a children's home.
• Nowadays a lot of people work from home.
• She comes from a broken home.
• She had to move to a residential care home when her health deteriorated.
• She left home and began an independent life at sixteen.
• She made her home in Spain.
• The centre provides an adoption programme for pets needing new homes.
• The tiger's home is in the jungle.
• We bought a holiday home in France.
• We haven't found a home for all my father's books yet.
Idioms: at home ▪ away from home ▪ bring home the bacon ▪ bring something home to somebody ▪ come home to somebody ▪ hit home ▪ home and dry ▪ home from home ▪ home is where the heart is ▪ home sweet home ▪ set up home ▪ something comes home to roost ▪ when he's/it's at home

Derived: home in on something

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

home / həʊm / / hoʊm / noun (HOUSE/APARTMENT)

A1 [ C or U ] the house, apartment, etc. where you live, especially with your family:

The senator has two homes - an apartment in Washington and a house in Colorado.

He was living on the streets for three months, and his home was a cardboard box.

Phone me at home after four o'clock.

I took home a couple of books to read.

He left home (= stopped living with his parents) when he was 23.

More and more couples are setting up home together without getting married.

[ C ] a house, apartment, etc. when it is considered as property that you can buy or sell:

luxury/starter homes

[ C ] the type of family you come from:

We had a happy home.

children from a broken home (= from a family in which the parents had separated)

C1 [ C ] a place where people or animals live and are cared for by people who are not their relations or owners:

a children's home/an old people's home/a dogs' home

He spent his early years in a home.

home / həʊm / / hoʊm / noun [ C or U ] (ORIGIN)

A1 someone's or something's place of origin, or the place where a person feels they belong:

I live in London, but my home (= where I was born) is in Yorkshire.

I was actually born in New Zealand, but I've lived in England for so long that it feels like home now.

home / həʊm / / hoʊm / noun (COUNTRY)

[ C or U ] your own country or your own area:

I wonder what they're doing back home.

be/play at home

If a sports team are/play at home, they play on their own sports field.

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

home

I [ho͟ʊm]NOUN, ADJECTIVE, AND ADVERB USES
♦
homes
1) N-COUNT: oft poss N, also at N Someone's home is the house or flat where they live.
  Last night they stayed at home and watched TV...
  The General divided his time between his shabby offices in Carlton Gardens and his home in Hampstead.
  ...the allocation of land for new homes.
2) N-UNCOUNT You can use home to refer in a general way to the house, town, or country where someone lives now or where they were born, often to emphasize that they feel they belong in that place.
  She gives frequent performances of her work, both at home and abroad...
  His father worked away from home for much of Jim's first five years...
  At seventeen, Daniele was told to leave home by her father...
  Ms Highsmith has made Switzerland her home...
  Warwick is home to some 550 international students...
  Brian decided to leave the UK and set up home in Southern Spain...
  He has moved back to his home town of Miami.
3) ADV: ADV after v, be ADV Home means to or at the place where you live.
  His wife wasn't feeling too well and she wanted to go home...
  I'll telephone you as soon as I get home...
  Hi, Mom, I'm home!...
  Company officials say striking union members should stay home today.
4) ADJ: ADJ n Home means made or done in the place where you live.
  ...cheap but healthy home cooking...
  All you have to do is make a home video.
5) ADJ: ADJ n Home means relating to your own country as opposed to foreign countries.
  Europe's software companies still have a growing home market.
  ...the Guardian's home news pages.
  Syn:
  domestic
6) N-COUNT A home is a large house or institution where a number of people live and are looked after, instead of living in their own houses or flats. They usually live there because they are too old or ill to look after themselves or for their families to care for them.
  It's going to be a home for handicapped children.
  ...an old people's home.
7) N-COUNT You can refer to a family unit as a home.
  She had, at any rate, provided a peaceful and loving home for Harriet...
  Single-parent homes are commonplace.
8) N-SING: with supp, usu N of n If you refer to the home of something, you mean the place where it began or where it is most typically found.
  This south-west region of France is the home of claret.
9) N-COUNT: oft N for n If you find a home for something, you find a place where it can be kept.
  The equipment itself is getting smaller, neater and easier to find a home for.
10) ADV: ADV after v If you press, drive, or hammer something home, you explain it to people as forcefully as possible.
  It is now up to all of us to debate this issue and press home the argument.
11) N-UNCOUNT: usu at N When a sports team plays at home, they play a game on their own ground, rather than on the opposing team's ground.
  I scored in both games against Barcelona; we drew at home and beat them away.
  Ant:
  away
ADJ: ADJ n
Home is also an adjective. All three are Chelsea fans, and attend all home games together.
12) PHRASE: v-link PHR If you feel at home, you feel comfortable in the place or situation that you are in.
  He spoke very good English and appeared pleased to see us, and we soon felt quite at home...
  I am not completely at home in any Protestant Church.
13) PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR to n To bring something home to someone means to make them understand how important or serious it is.
  Their sobering conversation brought home to everyone present the serious and worthwhile work the Red Cross does.
14) PHRASE: v-link PHR If you say that someone is, in British English home and dry, or in American English home free, you mean that they have been successful or that they are certain to be successful.
  The prime minister and the moderates are not yet home and dry.
15) PHRASE: V inflects If a situation or what someone says hits home or strikes home, people accept that it is real or true, even though it may be painful for them to realize.
  Did the reality of war finally hit home?...
  Israeli officials say that message struck home.
16) PHRASE: usu v-link PHR (approval) You can say a home from home in British English or a home away from home in American English to refer to a place in which you are as comfortable as in your own home.
  Many cottages are a home from home, offering microwaves, dishwashers, tvs and videos.
17) CONVENTION (politeness) If you say to a guest `Make yourself at home', you are making them feel welcome and inviting them to behave in an informal, relaxed way.
18) PHRASE: v-link PHR If you say that something is nothing to write home about, you mean that it is not very interesting or exciting. [INFORMAL]
  So a dreary Monday afternoon in Walthamstow is nothing to write home about, right?
19) PHRASE: V inflects If something that is thrown or fired strikes home, it reaches its target. [WRITTEN]
  Only two torpedoes struck home.II [ho͟ʊm]PHRASAL VERB USES
homes, homing, homed
  Phrasal Verbs:
  - home in

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

¹home /ˈhoʊm/ noun, pl homes
1 : the place (such as a house or apartment) where a person lives

[count]

• Right now his home is a small apartment.
• People are concerned about protecting their homes.
• (chiefly US) The neighborhood is filled with expensive new homes. [=houses]
• They've started on a major home-improvement project. [=a project to make their house better, bigger, more modern, etc.]
• They have a second/vacation home on the lake.

[noncount]

• There's no place like home.
• Let's stay at home tonight. [=let's not go out tonight]
• I must have left my notes at home.
• We're a long way from home. [=we are not close to our house]
• I will be away from home [=I will not be at my house] for two weeks.
• He has no place to call home. [=he does not have a place to live]
• He works at/from home. [=he does his work in his house and not in an office building]
- see also at home (below), mobile home, motor home
2 [count] : a family living together in one building, house, etc.
• She made a good home for her husband and children.
• She came from a troubled home. [=a family with many problems]
• He comes from a broken home. [=a family in which the parents have divorced]
• She lived at home [=she lived with her parents or family] until she got married.
• He left home [=left his parent's house and lived in his own house] after graduating from high school.
3 a : a place where something normally or naturally lives or is located

[count]

• Australia is the home [=habitat] of the kangaroo.

[noncount]

• The islands are home to many species of birds.
b [count] : the place where something began or was created - usually + of
• The restaurant advertises itself as the home of the “Big Burger.”
c [count] : a place where something is placed, stored, etc.
• Can you find homes for these files in your office?
4 : the place where someone lives or originally comes from : the place to which you feel most strongly attached

[noncount]

• New York will always be home to me.
• They made their home [=they settled] on the banks of the Mississippi.
• People back home [=in his hometown; in the place he is from] would never believe how much he has changed.

[count]

• He has fond memories of his boyhood home. [=the place where he lived as a boy]
5 [count] : the place where an organization, a company, etc., is located and operates
• This building will be the orchestra's new home.
• The big television networks have their homes in the same city.
6 [count] : a place where people who are unable to care for themselves live and are cared for
• an orphan's home
• an old people's home
• She doesn't want to put her mother in a home.
- see also nursing home, rest home
7 [noncount] : a place that you try to reach in some games (such as baseball)
• He was tagged out at home.
- see also home plate
at home
1 : in your own country and not a foreign country
• We face serious threats both at home and abroad.
2 sports : in a team's own stadium, park, etc. : in the place where a team is based
• The team's next six games are at home. [=in its own stadium]
• The team has done much better at home [=in its home games] than on the road.
- see also ¹home 1 (above)
3 : relaxed and comfortable
• She feels at home on the stage.
• They made me feel (right) at home my first day at the new job.
• Come on in and make yourself at home. [=do what you need to do to feel relaxed and comfortable]
• The professor is equally at home in politics and history. [=knows a lot about both politics and history]
• I've never really felt/been completely at home with [=comfortable and confident about using] all these new-fangled machines.
charity begins at home
- see charity
home away from home US or Brit home from home : a place that is as pleasant and comfortable as your own home
• Whenever he came to the city, his brother's place was like a home away from home.
home sweet home
✦You say home sweet home to show that you are happy when you return to your home after being away from it.
- home·like /ˈhoʊmˌlaɪk/ adj [more ~; most ~] chiefly US
• an inn with a homelike atmosphere

work

/wɝːk/

/wɜːk/

a job or activity that you do regularly, especially in order to earn money

معادل فارسی:

كار، شغل‌، حرفه‌،

مثال انگلیسی:

He goes to work at 7 A.M.

او ساعت 7 صبح سرکار می‌رود.

سطح، موضوع و برچسب

موضوع:

work

working and the workplace

سطح:

A1 (پایه)

Region:

American English

British English

Oxford Essential Dictionary

work

noun

1 (no plural) the job that you do to earn money:
I'm looking for work.
What time do you start work?
How long have you been out of work (= without a job)?

which word?
Work or job? Work has no plural, so you cannot say 'a work' or 'works'. You can say: I'm looking for work or you have to say a job or jobs: I'm looking for a job.

2 (no plural) the place where you have a job:
I phoned him at work.
I'm not going to work today.

3 (no plural) doing or making something:
Digging the garden is hard work.
She's so lazy – she never does any work.
The group are at work on (= making) a new album.

4 (no plural) something that you make or do:
The teacher marked our work.
The artist only sells her work to friends.

5 (plural works) a book, painting or piece of music:
He's read the complete works of Shakespeare.
A number of priceless works of art were stolen from the gallery.

6 works (plural) a place where people make things with machines:
My grandfather worked at the steelworks.

get to work to start doing something:
Let's get to work on this washing-up.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

II. work² S1 W1 BrE AmE noun
[Word Family: noun: work, workaholic, worker, working, WORKINGS; adjective: workable ≠ unworkable, overworked, working; verb: work, rework]
[Language: Old English; Origin: werc, weorc]
1. JOB [uncountable] a job or activity that you do regularly, especially in order to earn money ⇨ employment:
There isn’t a lot of work at this time of the year.
He’s been out of work (=without a job) for two years.
More people are in work (=have a job) than ten years ago.
before/after work (=before a day of work or at the end of a day of work)
Do you want to go for a drink after work?
GRAMMAR
In this meaning, work is an uncountable noun. Do not say 'a work'. Say work or a job:
▪ It may be difficult for older people to obtain paid work.
▪ I applied for a job (NOT a work) as a reporter.
2. PLACE [uncountable] a place where you do your job, which is not your home:
I had an accident on the way to work.
He left work at the usual time.
I went out with the girls from work last night.
at work
Dad’s at work right now.
3. DUTIES [uncountable] the duties and activities that are part of your job:
A large part of the work we do involves using computers.
He starts work at 4 am.
He’s started a business doing gardening and roofing work.
4. RESULT [uncountable] something that you produce as a result of doing your job or doing an activity:
Send a résumé and examples of your work.
The building is the work of architect Rafael Moneo.
The teacher should make sure that each child has a piece of work displayed on the wall.
The standard of work has declined.
5. PAPERS ETC [uncountable] the papers and other materials you need for doing work:
Can you move some of your work off the kitchen table?
I often have to take work home with me.
6. BOOK/PAINTING/MUSIC [countable] something such as a painting, play, piece of music etc that is produced by a painter, writer, or musician:
the Collected Works of Shakespeare
It is another accomplished work by the artist. ⇨ ↑work of art
7. ACTIVITY [uncountable] when you use physical or mental effort in order to achieve something
work on
Work will start next month on a new swimming pool in the centre of the city.
Looking after children can be hard work.
carry out/do work
You should not allow unqualified people to carry out work on your house.
set to work/get down to work (=start work)
He set to work immediately.
8. STUDY [uncountable] study or ↑research, especially for a particular purpose
carry out/do work
The centre carries out work to monitor trends in housing management.
He did his postgraduate work in Sociology.
9. at work
a) doing your job or a particular activity:
He spent most of his time watching the fishermen at work.
b) having a particular influence or effect:
Volcanoes display some of nature’s most powerful forces at work.
10. the (whole) works spoken used after mentioning several things, to emphasize that someone or something has everything you can think of:
The hotel had everything – sauna, swimming pool, the works.
11. nice work/quick work spoken used to praise someone for doing something well or quickly:
That was quick work!
12. something is in the works/pipeline informal used to say that something is being planned or developed:
Upgrades to the existing software are in the works.
13. works
a) [plural] activities involved in building or repairing things such as roads, bridges etc
engineering works/irrigation works/roadworks
the official in charge of the engineering works ⇨ ↑public works
b) [countable] (plural works) a building or group of buildings in which goods are produced in large quantities or an industrial process happens
ironworks/gasworks/cement works
The brick works closed last year.
14. the works the moving parts of a machine SYN mechanism
15. OPERATION [uncountable] an operation to make you look younger or more attractive SYN cosmetic surgery:
All these celebrities have had work done.
16. have your work cut out (for you) informal used to say that it will be very difficult to do something:
The team will have their work cut out if they are to win the competition.
17. make short/light work of something to do something very quickly and easily:
A microwave oven can make light work of the cooking.
18. make heavy/hard work of something to do something with difficulty:
They made hard work of what should have been an easy game.
19. be a work in progress to not be finished or perfect yet:
The garden is still very much a work in progress.
20. all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) used to say that you should not spend all your time working, but should spend some of your time relaxing
21. FORCE [uncountable] technical force multiplied by distance
⇨ be all in a day’s work at day(21), ⇨ do sb’s dirty work at dirty¹(8), ⇨ a nasty piece of work at nasty(7), ⇨ nice work if you can get it at nice(12)
• • •
COLLOCATIONS (for Meanings 1 & 3)
■ verbs
▪ start work He started work as a trainee accountant.
▪ look for work (also seek work formal) Young people come to town looking for work.
▪ find work (=get a job) It was difficult for them to find work.
▪ return to work/go back to work His doctor agreed he was fit enough to return to work.
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + work
▪ part-time work In recent years part-time work has become more popular.
▪ full-time work Are you available for full-time work?
▪ paid work She hasn’t done any paid work since she had children.
▪ secretarial/clerical/office work I have a background in secretarial work. | She had done clerical work before she married.
▪ legal work (=work done by lawyers) He will handle all the legal work.
▪ manual work (=work done with your hands) Most of them were employed in manual work.
▪ voluntary work British English, volunteer work American English (=a job you are not paid for) She also did voluntary work in a girls’ club.
▪ sb’s daily work (=the work someone does every day) When they finished their daily work they would be too tired for much except rest.
■ phrases
▪ sb’s line of work (=type of work) I meet lots of interesting people in my line of work.
▪ the work environment It is important to have a pleasant work environment.
▪ work practices She supported me enthusiastically in bringing in new work practices.
• • •
COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 7)
■ verbs
▪ carry out work The work should be carried out without further delay.
▪ do work He was doing some work on his father’s car.
▪ set to/get to/get down to work (=start work) They set to work cutting down trees and brushwood.
▪ undertake work About a three adults in ten undertake voluntary work.
▪ work starts/begins Work had already started on the bridge when the error was spotted.
▪ work continues Work is continuing on three major building projects.
■ adjectives
▪ hard It’s been very hard work, but I’ve loved every moment of it.
▪ backbreaking (=very tiring) Clearing the garden was slow, backbreaking work.
▪ arduous (=needing a lot of effort) This was physically arduous work.
▪ heavy work (=hard physical work) The heavy work is done by the gardener.
▪ light work (=work that is not physically hard) He had been ill, but she found him some light work to do.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

noun

JOB/TASK
1. uncountable the job that a person does especially in order to earn money
Syn: employment
• She had been out of work (= without a job) for a year.
• (BrE) They are in work (= have a job).
• He started work as a security guard.
• It is difficult to find work in the present economic climate.
• I'm still looking for work.
• She's planning to return to work once the children start school.
• What line of work are you in (= what type of work do you do)?
• before/after work (= in the morning/evening each day)

• full-time/part-time/unpaid/voluntary work

2. uncountable the duties that you have and the activities that you do as part of your job
• Police work is mainly routine.
• The accountant described his work to the sales staff.

see also piecework, social work

3. uncountable tasks that need to be done
• There is plenty of work to be done in the garden.
• Taking care of a baby is hard work.
• I have some work for you to do.
• Stop talking and get on with your work.

see also homework, schoolwork

4. uncountable materials needed or used for doing work, especially books, papers, etc
• She often brings work (= for example, files and documents) home with her from the office.
• His work was spread all over the floor.

see also paperwork

PLACE OF JOB

5. uncountable (used without the) the place where you do your job
• I go to work at 8 o'clock.
• When do you leave for work?
• The new legislation concerns health and safety at work.
• I have to leave work early today.

• Her friends from work came to see her in the hospital.

EFFORT

6. uncountable the use of physical strength or mental power in order to do or make sth
• She earned her grades through sheer hard work.
• We started work on the project in 2009.
• Work continues on renovating the hotel.
• The work of building the bridge took six months.
• The art collection was his life's work.
• She set them to work painting the fence.
• They performed pioneering work on the treatment of cancer.

see also donkey work, fieldwork

PRODUCT OF WORK

7. uncountable a thing or things that are produced as a result of work
• She's an artist whose work I really admire.
• Is this all your own work (= did you do it without help from others)?

• The book is a detailed and thorough piece of work covering all aspects of the subject.

RESULT OF ACTION

8. uncountable the result of an action; what is done by sb

• The damage is clearly the work of vandals.

BOOK/MUSIC/ART

9. countable a book, piece of music, painting, etc
• the collected/complete works of Tolstoy
• works of fiction/literature
• Beethoven's piano works
• He recognized the sketch as an early work by Degas.
compare opus

see also work of art

BUILDING/REPAIRING

10. works plural (often in compounds) activities involving building or repairing sth
• roadworks
• They expanded the shipyards and started engineering works.
• A contract can ensure that landlords carry out the works for which they are legally responsible.

see also public works

FACTORY

11. works(pl. works) countable + singular or plural verb (often in compounds) a place where things are made or industrial processes take place
• an engineering works
• a brickworks

• Raw materials were carried to the works by barge.

PARTS OF MACHINE

12. the works plural the moving parts of a machine, etc.

Syn: mechanism

EVERYTHING

13. the works plural (informal) everything

• We went to the chip shop and had the works: fish, chips, gherkins, mushy peas.

PHYSICS

14. uncountable the use of force to produce movement
see also joule
more at all in a day's work at day, the devil makes work for idle hands at devil, (do sb's) dirty work at dirty _adj., many hands make light work at hand _n., make hard work of sthtoo much like hard work at hard _adj., a job of work at job, make light work of sth at light _adj., a nasty piece of work at nasty, nice worknice work if you can get it at nice, shoot the works at shoot _v., make short work of sb/sth at short _adj., (throw) a spanner in the works at spanner
Word Origin:
Old English weorc (noun), wyrcan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch werk and German Werk, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek ergon.
Collocations:
Jobs
Getting a job
look for work
look for/apply for/go for a job
get/pick up/complete/fill out/ (BrE) fill in an application (form)
send/email your (BrE) CV/(NAmE) résumé/application/application form/covering letter
be called for/have/attend an interview
offer sb a job/work/employment/promotion
find/get/land a job
employ/ (especially NAmE) hire/recruit/ (especially BrE) take on staff/workers/trainees
recruit/appoint a manager
Doing a job
arrive at/get to/leave work/the office/the factory
start/finish work/your shift
do/put in/work overtime
have/gain/get/lack/need experience/qualifications
do/get/have/receive training
learn/pick up/improve/develop (your) skills
cope with/manage/share/spread the workload
improve your/achieve a better work-life balance
have (no) job satisfaction/job security
Building a career
have a job/work/a career/a vocation
find/follow/pursue/ (especially NAmE) live (out) your vocation
enter/go into/join a profession
choose/embark on/start/begin/pursue a career
change jobs/profession/career
be/ (both especially BrE) work/go freelance
do/take on temp work/freelance work
do/be engaged in/be involved in voluntary work
Leaving your job
leave/ (especially NAmE) quit/resign from your job
give up work/your job/your career
hand in your notice/resignation
plan to/be due to retire in June/next year, etc.
take early retirement
Collocations:
Unemployment
Losing your job
lose your job
(BrE) become/be made redundant
be offered/take voluntary redundancy/early retirement
face/be threatened with dismissal/(BrE) the sack/(BrE) compulsory redundancy
dismiss/fire/ (especially BrE) sack an employee/a worker/a manager
lay off staff/workers/employees
(AustralE, NZE, SAfrE) retrench workers
cut/reduce/downsize/slash the workforce
(BrE) make staff/workers/employees redundant
Being unemployed
be unemployed/out of work/out of a job
seek/look for work/employment
be on/collect/draw/get/receive (both BrE) unemployment benefit/jobseeker's allowance
be/go/live/sign (BrE, informal) on the dole
claim/draw/get (BrE, informal) the dole
be on/qualify for (NAmE) unemployment (compensation)
be/go/live/depend (NAmE) on welfare
collect/receive (NAmE) welfare
combat/tackle/cut/reduce unemployment
Synonyms:
factory
plant • mill • works • yard • workshop • foundry
These are all words for buildings or places where things are made or where industrial processes take place.
factory • a building or group of buildings where goods are made: ▪ a chocolate/cigarette/clothing factory
plant • a factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place: ▪ a nuclear power plant ◊ ▪ a manufacturing plant
mill • a factory that produces a particular type of material: ▪ a cotton/paper/textile/woollen mill
works • (often in compounds) a place where things are made or an industrial process takes place: ▪ a brickworks ◊ ▪ a steelworks ◊ ▪ Raw materials were carried to the works by barge.
yard • (usually in compounds) an area of land used for building sth: ▪ a shipyard
workshop • a room or building in which things are made or repaired using tools or machinery: ▪ a car repair workshop
foundry • a factory where metal or glass is melted and made into different shapes or objects: ▪ an iron foundry
a car/chemical/munitions factory/plant
an engineering plant/works
to manage/run a factory/plant/mill/works/yard/workshop/foundry
to work in/at a factory/plant/mill/yard/workshop/foundry
factory/mill/foundry owners/managers/workers
Synonyms:
work
employment • career • profession • occupation • trade
These are all words for the work that sb does in return for payment, especially over a long period of time.
work • the job that sb does, especially in order to earn money: ▪ It's very difficult to find work at the moment.
employment • (rather formal) work, especially when it is done to earn money; the state of being employed or the situation in which people have work: ▪ Only half the people here are in paid employment.
career • the job or series of jobs that sb has in a particular area of work, usually involving more responsibility as time passes: ▪ He had a very distinguished career in the Foreign Office.
profession • a type of job that needs special training or skill, especially one that needs a high level of education: ▪ He hopes to enter the medical profession.
The profession is all the people who work in a particular profession: ▪ the legal profession. The professions are the traditional jobs that need a high level of education and training, such as being a doctor or lawyer.
occupation • (rather formal) a job or profession: ▪ Please state your name, age, and occupation.
trade • a job, especially one that involves working with your hands and requires special training and skills: ▪ Carpentry is a highly skilled trade.
in/out of work/employment
(a) full-time/part-time work/employment/career/occupation
permanent/temporary work/employment
(a) well-paid work/employment/profession/occupation
(a) low-paid work/employment/occupation
to look for/seek/find work/employment/a career/an occupation
to get/obtain/give sb/offer sb/create/generate/provide work/employment
Example Bank:
• ‘Where's Diane?’ ‘She's at work.’
• A contraflow is in operation at the works near Junction 5.
• A hundred grand for two days a week? Nice work if you can get it!
• A love of landscape informs all his work.
• All the construction work was carried out in 2001.
• All these visitors make a lot of work for me.
• Ambulance crews alternate between emergency and routine work.
• An independent report has described some work practices in the industry as old-fashioned.
• Beethoven composed his greatest works in the latter part of his life.
• Big football matches make a lot of work for the police.
• Children can learn good work habits at school.
• During the college vacations he does casual work in the local hospital.
• Employees must not make personal calls during work hours.
• Engine maintenance is dirty work.
• Full-time work is hard to find.
• He did pioneering work on microbes.
• He does mainly commissioned portrait works.
• He got laid off, so now he's looking for work again.
• He has done the grunt work= the hard, boring part of a task, sifting through thousands of official records.
• He has some freelance work at the moment.
• He hasn't been in regular work since he left school.
• He preferred to make his money from honest work rather than from gambling.
• He's been hard at work all morning.
• He's been out of work since the factory closed.
• He's doing a month's unpaid work experience with an engineering company.
• He's got a bit of freelance work at the moment.
• He's willing to do extra work to get the project finished on time.
• Her book is still considered the definitive work on beetles.
• Her boss told her she had to increase her work rate.
• Her job is to manage the company's work flow.
• Her latest novel is a work of genius.
• Her portfolio includes published works in several magazines.
• Her work appears at the Museum of Contemporary Art this summer.
• Her work can be seen in most of the major European galleries.
• Her work consists of drawing up and coordinating schedules.
• High income tax can undermine work incentives.
• His written work is the best in the class.
• How much will the work cost?
• How's the work going this morning?
• I did the donkey work but I hired a professional builder for the tricky bits.
• I did the donkey work= hard work requiring little skill but I hired a professional for the hard part.
• I go to work by bus.
• I had lots of work to do.
• I have to do some work on the car before it'll be ready.
• I met him through work.
• I need to wear glasses for close work.
• I really appreciate all your hard work.
• I think I'd better try and get some work done.
• I'm lucky— I love my work.
• I've got lots of work to do today.
• I've taken on more work than I have time to do.
• In accepting the award, she mentioned the sterling work of her assistants.
• Is this all your own work= did you do it without help from others?
• It doesn't require skill— it's a matter of sheer hard work.
• It was an interesting piece of work.
• It will take a month to clear the backlog of work.
• It's hard work trying to get him to do a few things for himself.
• It's important to be happy in your work.
• It's piece work, so how much you earn depends on how fast you can work.
• Just before he was sixty, he decided to give up work.
• Many unemployed people welcome the chance to do purposeful work, even if unpaid.
• Mike made short work of fixing the engine.
• Nice work, James! I'm impressed.
• Over the next two years, the company is putting on the complete works of Brecht.
• People are using file-sharing to steal copyrighted works.
• People went about their daily work despite the war.
• Picasso's mature works
• Pressure of work forced him to cancel his holiday.
• Sales reps meet up monthly to coordinate their work.
• Scotland's biggest water treatment works
• She has just returned to work after the birth of her child.
• She is now looking for paid work outside the home.
• She never does a stroke of work.
• She stops work at the end of this month.
• She's been off work with a bad back since July.
• She's done a lot of work with disadvantaged children.
• She's only allowed to do a little light work because of her bad arm.
• She's put in a lot of work on the design.
• She's studying the theme of death in the works of Beckett.
• Small children make a lot of work for their parents.
• Some mothers of young children choose not to go out to work.
• Stop talking and get down to work.
• That work can wait until tomorrow.
• The art collection was his life's work.
• The assistant manager supervises work on the factory floor.
• The building is hated by some and considered a work of art by others.
• The construction company has three work crews of five men each.
• The drugs gang used children to do their dirty work for them.
• The finished work will be on view in the city art gallery.
• The gallery is staging a special exhibition of Monet's early works.
• The hotel manager thanked the staff and told them to keep up the good work.
• The hotel manager thanked the staff for their efforts so far and told them to keep up the good work.
• The instructor's work load was becoming increasingly heavy.
• The new president spent the first year undoing the work of his predecessor.
• The opportunities will depend on your work experience.
• The poorly designed bridge needs remedial work to make it safe.
• The report is the joint work of an economist and a sociologist.
• The research institute needs funds in order to carry on its valuable work.
• The scandal was revealed after months of undercover work by journalists.
• The show is the product of two years' intensive work.
• The showroom has been designed so that people can see work in progress.
• The smell is believed to have originated from the sewage works.
• The town hall is exhibiting works by local artists.
• The work comes in bursts according to the time of year.
• The work represents a synthesis of the natural and the artificial.
• The works at Bury turned out thousands of television sets a week.
• The works will continue until the end of July.
• These paintings are more abstract than her previous work.
• They began work on the project last year.
• They began work on the project towards the end of the year.
• They discovered that his CV was a complete work of fiction.
• They employ a couple of young men to do the heavy work.
• They lost the work to a competitor.
• They think that caring for children is women's work.
• Through their tireless work, they proved his innocence.
• To carry out accurate market research requires a huge amount of work.
• We are planning to carry out major works on the site.
• We get far too much work at this time of year.
• We give grants to support the work of voluntary organizations.
• We had a party at work.
• We set to work on the outside of the house.
• We're going to have some building work done on the house.
• We're supposed to hand in this work tomorrow.
• What does the work involve?
• What time do you finish work?
• What time does work start in the morning?
• With so much unemployment, I'm lucky to be in work.
• Work came to a complete halt in the summer.
• Work came to a complete standstill when rumours of redundancies started to circulate.
• Work on the project was halted.
• Work produced on a computer tends to look more professional.
• Work surfaces should be left clear and clean.
• Work's going well at the moment.
• a work by an unknown 18th-century writer
• a work consisting of twelve small blank canvases
• a work entitled ‘Forward Pass’
• a work entitled ‘The Sacrifice’
• classroom activities involving collaborative work between children
• the collected works of Stephen King
• the night shift at the works
• ‘Where's John?’ ‘He's still at work.’
• All non-EU citizens need a work permit in order to get a job.
• Any kind of work with kids would suit him fine.
• Chopin's piano works
• He loves his work as a stage manager.
• He's been out of work for over a year.
• I go to work at 8 o'clock.
• I'm looking for any kind of construction work.
• It is a country where most women with young children are in paid work.

• It's very difficult to find work at the moment.

• Let's get to work.

• She earned her grades through sheer hard work.

• She's an artist whose work I really admire.

• She's been off work for three weeks.

• She's planning to return to work in September.

• State inspectors have cast doubt on claims of shoddy work on the new Bay Bridge.

• Students do work experience in local firms.

• The book is a detailed and thorough piece of work.

• The degree show gives students a chance to exhibit their work in central London.

• The film is based on an early work by Alan Moore.

• The new legislation concerns health and safety at work.

• We started work on the project in 2002.

• What kind of work experience do you have?

• What time do you knock off work tonight?

• When do you leave for work?

• Would you give up work if you won the lottery?

• works of fiction/literature

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

work / wɜːk / / wɝːk / noun (ACTIVITY)

A1 [ U ] an activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do, usually for money:

I've got so much work to do .

Carrying heavy loads around all day is hard work.

What time do you start/finish work?

Adrian does most of the work around the house.

What sort of work are you experienced in?

She tends to wear quite smart clothes for work.

Roger's work involves a lot of travelling.

A2 [ U ] the material used by someone at work, or what they produce:

I'll have to take this work home with me and finish it there.

All the furniture is the work of residents here.

Word partners for work noun

do work • begin / finish / start work • look for / seek work • find / have work • get work done • excellent / good / poor / shoddy work • paid / unpaid / voluntary work

work / wɜːk / / wɝːk / noun (PLACE)

A1 [ U ] a place where a person goes specially to do their job:

Do you have far to travel to work each day?

Thousands of people are seriously injured at work every year.

When does she leave for work?

Word partners for work noun

do work • begin / finish / start work • look for / seek work • find / have work • get work done • excellent / good / poor / shoddy work • paid / unpaid / voluntary work

work / wɜːk / / wɝːk / noun [ C ] (CREATION)

B2 something created as a result of effort, especially a painting, book, or piece of music:

The museum has many works by Picasso as well as other modern painters.

the poetic works of Tagore

Word partners for work noun

do work • begin / finish / start work • look for / seek work • find / have work • get work done • excellent / good / poor / shoddy work • paid / unpaid / voluntary work

work / wɜːk / / wɝːk / noun (EVERYTHING)

the works informal everything that you might want or expect to find in a particular situation:

The bridegroom was wearing a morning suit, gloves, top hat - the works.

mainly US And let me have two large pizzas with the works (= with all available types of food on top) .

Word partners for work noun

do work • begin / finish / start work • look for / seek work • find / have work • get work done • excellent / good / poor / shoddy work • paid / unpaid / voluntary work

work / wɜːk / / wɝːk / noun (FACTORY)

works [ C , + sing/pl verb ] ( plural works ) an industrial building, especially one where a lot of people are employed:

a steel/car works

Word partners for work noun

do work • begin / finish / start work • look for / seek work • find / have work • get work done • excellent / good / poor / shoddy work • paid / unpaid / voluntary work

work / wɜːk / / wɝːk / noun (MACHINE)

works [ plural ] the parts of a machine, especially those that move:

If you take the back off this clock, you can see its/the works.

Word partners for work noun

do work • begin / finish / start work • look for / seek work • find / have work • get work done • excellent / good / poor / shoddy work • paid / unpaid / voluntary work

work / wɜːk / / wɝːk / noun [ U ] specialized (PHYSICS)

force multiplied by distance moved

Word partners for work noun

do work • begin / finish / start work • look for / seek work • find / have work • get work done • excellent / good / poor / shoddy work • paid / unpaid / voluntary work

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

work

[wɜ͟ː(r)k]
♦
works, working, worked
1) VERB People who work have a job, usually one which they are paid to do.
  [V prep/adv] Weiner works for the US Department of Transport...
  [V prep/adv] I started working in a recording studio...
  [V prep/adv] Where do you work?...
  [V as n] He worked as a bricklayer's mate...
  I want to work, I don't want to be on welfare.
2) N-UNCOUNT: oft in/out of N People who have work or who are in work have a job, usually one which they are paid to do.
  Fewer and fewer people are in work...
  I was out of work at the time...
  She'd have enough money to provide for her children until she could find work...
  What kind of work do you do?
3) VERB When you work, you do the things that you are paid or required to do in your job.
  I can't talk to you right now - I'm working...
  He was working at his desk...
  [V n] Some firms expect the guards to work twelve hours a day.
4) N-UNCOUNT Your work consists of the things you are paid or required to do in your job.
  We're supposed to be running a business here. I've got work to do...
  I used to take work home, but I don't do it any more...
  There have been days when I have finished work at 2pm.
  ...an image of teaching which highlighted the stressful and difficult aspects of the teacher's work.
5) VERB When you work, you spend time and effort doing a task that needs to be done or trying to achieve something.
  [V prep] Linda spends all her time working on the garden...
  [V prep] While I was working on my letter the telephone rang...
  [V prep] Leonard was working at his German. His mistakes made her laugh...
  [V prep] The most important reason for coming to university is to work for a degree...
  [V prep] The government expressed hope that all the sides will work towards a political solution.
N-UNCOUNT
Work is also a noun. There was a lot of work to do on their house... We knew we would have to organise the wedding but we hadn't appreciated how much work was involved... He said that the peace plan would be rejected because it needed more work.
6) N-UNCOUNT: usu to/at N Work is the place where you do your job.
  Many people travel to work by car...
  She told her friends at work that she was trying to lose weight.
7) N-UNCOUNT: oft poss/adj N Work is something which you produce as a result of an activity or as a result of doing your job.
  It can help to have an impartial third party look over your work...
  Tidiness in the workshop is really essential for producing good work...
  That's a beautiful piece of work. You should be proud of it.
8) N-COUNT: usu with supp A work is something such as a painting, book, or piece of music produced by an artist, writer, or composer.
  In my opinion, this is Rembrandt's greatest work...
  Under his arm, there was a book which looked like the complete works of Shakespeare...
  The church has several valuable works of art.
9) VERB If someone is working on a particular subject or question, they are studying or researching it.
  [V on n] Professor Bonnet has been working for many years on molecules of this type.
N-UNCOUNT
Work is also a noun. Their work shows that one-year-olds are much more likely to have allergies if either parent smokes.
10) VERB If you work with a person or a group of people, you spend time and effort trying to help them in some way.
  [V with/among n] She spent a period of time working with people dying of cancer...
  [V with/among n] He knew then that he wanted to work among the poor.
N-UNCOUNT: with supp, usu poss N, N with/among n
Work is also a noun. ...a highly respected priest who is noted for his work with the poor... She became involved in social and relief work among the refugees.
11) VERB If a machine or piece of equipment works, it operates and performs a particular function.
  The pump doesn't work and we have no running water...
  Is the telephone working today?...
  [V prep/adv] Ned turned on the lanterns, which worked with batteries...
  [V prep/adv] How does the gun work?
12) VERB If an idea, system, or way of doing something works, it is successful, effective, or satisfactory.
  95 per cent of these diets do not work...
  If lust is all there is to hold you together, the relationship will never work...
  I shouldn't have come, I knew it wouldn't work...
  [V adv] A methodical approach works best.
13) VERB If a drug or medicine works, it produces a particular physical effect.
  I wake at 6am as the sleeping pill doesn't work for more than nine hours...
  [V prep/adv] The drug works by increasing levels of serotonin in the brain.
14) VERB If something works in your favour, it helps you in some way. If something works to your disadvantage, it causes problems for you in some way.
  [V prep] One factor thought to have worked in his favour is his working class image...
  [V prep] This obviously works against the interests of the child.
15) VERB If something or someone works their magic or works their charms on a person, they have a powerful positive effect on them.
  [V n on n] Nevertheless, she is always optimistic about the possibilities and can work her charm on the disenchanted...
  [V n] Our spirits rallied as the bitter-sweet alcohol worked its magic.
16) VERB If your mind or brain is working, you are thinking about something or trying to solve a problem.
  My mind was working frantically, running over the events of the evening.
17) VERB If you work on an assumption or idea, you act as if it were true or base other ideas on it, until you have more information.
  [V on n] We are working on the assumption that it was a gas explosion.
18) VERB If you work a particular area or type of place, you travel around that area or work in those places as part of your job, for example trying to sell something there.
  [V n] Brand has been working the clubs and the pubs since 1986, developing her comedy act...
  [V n] This is the seventh year that he has worked the streets of Manhattan.
19) VERB If you work someone, you make them spend time and effort doing a particular activity or job.
  [V n adv/prep] They're working me too hard. I'm too old for this...
  [V n adv/prep] They didn't take my father away, but kept him in the village and worked him to death. [Also V n]
20) VERB If someone, often a politician or entertainer, works a crowd, they create a good relationship with the people in the crowd and get their support or interest.
  [V n] The Prime Minister has an ability to work a crowd - some might even suggest it is a kind of charm...
  [V n] He worked the room like a politician, gripping hands, and slapping backs.
21) VERB When people work the land, they do all the tasks involved in growing crops.
  [V n] Farmers worked the fertile valleys.
  Syn:
  farm
22) VERB When a mine is worked, minerals such as coal or gold are removed from it.
  [be V-ed] The mines had first been worked in 1849, when gold was discovered in California...
  [V n] Only an agreed number of men was allowed to work any given seam at any given time.
23) VERB If you work a machine or piece of equipment, you use or control it.
  [V n] Many adults still depend on their children to work the video.
  Syn:
  operate
24) VERB If something works into a particular state or condition, it gradually moves so that it is in that state or condition.
  [V adj] It's important to put a locking washer on that last nut, or it can work loose.
25) VERB If you work a substance such as dough or clay, you keep pressing it to make it have a particular texture.
  [V n] Work the dough with the palm of your hand until it is very smooth...
  [V n prep/adv] Remove rind from the cheese and work it to a firm paste, with a fork.
26) VERB If you work a material such as metal, leather, or stone, you cut, sew, or shape it in order to make something or to create a design.
  [V n] ...the machines needed to extract and work the raw stone.
  [V-ed] ...a long, cool tunnel of worked stone.
27) VERB If you work with a particular substance or material, you use it in order to make something or to create a design.
  [V with/in n] He studied sculpture because he enjoyed working with clay.
28) V-ERG If you work a part of your body, or if it works, you move it.
  [V n] Each position will work the muscles in a different way...
  Her mouth was working in her sleep.
29) N-COUNT-COLL: usu n N, N n A works is a place where something is manufactured or where an industrial process is carried out. Works is used to refer to one or to more than one of these places.
  The steel works, one of the landmarks of Stoke-on-Trent, could be seen for miles.
  ...a recycling works.
  ...the works canteen.
30) N-PLURAL: usu supp N Works are activities such as digging the ground or building on a large scale.
  ...six years of disruptive building works, road construction and urban development.
31) N-SING: the N (emphasis) You can say the works after listing things such as someone's possessions or requirements, to emphasize that they possess or require everything you can think of in a particular category. [INFORMAL]
  Amazing place he's got there - squash courts, swimming pool, jacuzzi, the works.
  Syn:
  the lot
32) → See also working
33) PHRASE: usu v-link PHR If someone is at work they are doing their job or are busy doing a particular activity.
  The salvage teams are already hard at work trying to deal with the spilled oil...
  He is currently at work on a novel...
  Television cameras were invited in to film him at work.
34) PHRASE: usu v-link PHR If a force or process is at work, it is having a particular influence or effect.
  The report suggested that the same trend was at work in politics...
  It is important to understand the powerful economic and social forces at work behind our own actions.
35) PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR for n, PHR to-inf If you say that you will have your work cut out to do something, you mean that it will be a very difficult task.
  The new administration has its work cut out for it. Creating jobs in this kind of environment is not going to be easy...
  He will have his work cut out to get into the team.
36) PHRASE: usu n PHR, v-link PHR If something is in the works, it has already been planned or begun. [mainly AM]
  He said there were dozens of economic plans in the works...
  Nobody should be surprised by this. It's been in the works for some time.(in BRIT, usually use in the pipeline)
37) PHRASE: V inflects, PHR -ing/n You can use work to talk about how easily or quickly a particular task is done. For example, if a person or thing makes short work of doing something or makes light work of it, they do it quickly and easily.
  An aerosol spray will make short work of painting awkward objects...
  This horse made light work of the cross-country course...
  Australia made hard work of beating them.
38) PHRASE: usu v-link PHR If you describe someone as a nasty piece of work, you think they are very unpleasant or cruel. [mainly BRIT, INFORMAL]
  Underneath I think he's actually a rather nasty piece of work.
39) PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR prep, PHR -ing If you put someone to work or set them to work, you give them a job or task to do.
  By stimulating the economy, we're going to put people to work...
  Instead of sending them to prison, we have set them to work helping the lemon growers.
40) PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR on n If you get to work, go to work, or set to work on a job, task, or problem, you start doing it or dealing with it.
  He promised to get to work on the state's massive deficit...
  He returned to America where he set to work on a new novel.
41) PHRASE: V inflects, PHR prep/adv If you work your way somewhere, you move or progress there slowly, and with a lot of effort or work.
  Rescuers were still working their way towards the trapped men...
  Many personnel managers started as secretaries or personnel assistants and worked their way up.
42) CONVENTION (formulae) You can say to someone `nice work' or `good work' in order to thank or praise them for doing something well or quickly.
  Nice work, Matthew. I knew you could do it.
43) to throw a spanner in the works → see spanner
  Phrasal Verbs:
  - work in
  - work into
  - work off
  - work out
  - work over
  - work up

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

work

³work adj always used before a noun
1 : suitable to be worn while you are working
• work clothes/boots
2 : used for work
• a clean work surface/table
3 : of or relating to a person's job
• What does your work schedule look like this week?
• a 12-hour work shift
• There is a place to list your work experience [=the jobs that you have had] on the application.
• My parents both had a very strong work ethic. [=a strong belief in the value and importance of work]
• She filed for a work permit. [=an official document that shows that a person is allowed to work]

²work noun, pl works
1 [noncount]
a : a job or activity that you do regularly especially in order to earn money
• How is work [=your job] going?
• She is trying to find work in publishing.
• How long have you been looking for work?
• He started work as a car salesman.
• I know him through work.
• When do you get off work? [=when do you stop working for the day?]
• She goes to the gym after work. [=after she has finished working]
• full-time/part-time work
• She plans to return to work [=start working her job again] in four months.
• What line of work is your wife in? = What does your wife do for work?
- see also life's work, social work
b : the place where you do your job
• She didn't come to work today.
• He left work a few minutes ago.
• She's not here right now. She's at work.
• We met at work.
• She went out with her friends from work.
2 [noncount]
a : the things that you do especially as part of your job
• Can you describe your work to the class?
• A large part of the work is responding to e-mails.
• administrative/secretarial work
• My brother did the electrical work on the house.
• After you finish your work, you can go outside and play.
• I have a lot of work to do.
b : things (such as papers, files, etc.) that you use to do your job
• His work cluttered his desk.
• She brought some work home with her from the office.
- see also donkey work, fieldwork, groundwork, homework, housework, legwork, paperwork, piecework, schoolwork
3 [noncount]
a : physical or mental effort that is used to perform a job or achieve a goal
• Getting my PhD took a lot of work, but it was worth it.
• Hard work is the key to success.
• Careful police work led to the murderer's capture.
• She hasn't done any work since she got here.
b : the process or activity of working
• He plans to start work on a new novel soon.
• The rain forced the crew to stop work on the building.
• Work on the project is already underway. [=people have started working on the project]
• You need to get down to work [=start working] if you want to finish the assignment on time.
• She set to work [=started working] on the project immediately.
• She diligently went about her work. [=did her work]
• He was told to keep up the good work. [=to continue doing good work]
✦Phrases like good work, nice work, etc., are used to tell people that they have done something very well.
• “I finished the project ahead of schedule.” “Good work!”
4 a [noncount] : something that is produced or done by someone
• Some clever camera work gave the illusion that she was standing next to him.
• The cabinets are the work of a skilled carpenter. [=the cabinets were made by a skilled carpenter]
• The robberies were the work of [=were done by] the same gang.
b : something (such as a book, song, or painting) that is produced by a writer, musician, artist, etc.

[noncount]

• I love this painter's work.
• the author's entire body of work

[count]

• the complete/collected works of Charles Dickens
• literary works
• the painter's latest work
• The painting is a work in progress. [=it is not yet finished]
- see also artwork, handiwork, handwork
5 works [plural] : roads, bridges, dams, and similar structures : structures that are built by engineers
• engineering works from the 19th century
- see also public works, waterworks
6 works : a place where industrial labor is done : a factory

[singular]

• He got a job at a cement/lead/steel works.

[plural]

• The local steel works have shut down.
- see also gasworks
7 the works : the moving parts of a machine
• the works of a clock
- sometimes used figuratively
• The office used to be very efficient, but the new regulations have gummed up the works. [=made the work more difficult and slow]
8 the works informal : everything
• They ordered a pizza with the works. [=with all the different toppings that were available]
• When we went to New York, we visited the museums, did some shopping, saw some shows—the whole works.
9 [noncount] physics : the energy that is used when a force is applied over a given distance
at work
1 a : actively doing work
• He kept us hard at work but paid us well.
• We're at work on the new project.
b : doing your regular job
• He has been out with a back injury, but he'll be back at work soon.
2 : having an effect or influence
• She felt that a higher power was at work.
have your work cut out for you
✦If you have your work cut out for you, the thing you need to do is very difficult, and you have to work very hard to achieve it.
• She knew she had her work cut out for her, but she was willing to do whatever it took to succeed.
in the works informal : in the process of being prepared, developed, or completed
• Her next movie is already in the works.
• Plans are in the works for building three new schools in the area.
in work Brit : having a regular job
• the percentage of people who are in work [=people who have jobs]
make short/quick/light work of
1 : to make it possible for (something) to be done quickly or easily
• This new snow shovel makes short work of clearing off the driveway.
✦The expression many hands make light work means that people can do things more quickly and easily when they work together.
2 : to finish (something) or defeat (someone) quickly and easily
• She made short work of her opponents.
• The kids made quick work of the french fries. [=the kids ate the french fries quickly]
• He made light work of the problem. [=he solved the problem quickly and easily]
out of work : without a regular job
• The factory closed and left/put 5,000 people out of work.
• He has been out of work since January. [=he has not had a job since January]
put/throw a spanner in the works
- see spanner
throw a wrench into the works
- see ¹wrench

- see also piece of work

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