housing

B2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈhaʊzɪŋ/ See IPA manual

Freq #6446

Meanings

1

noun
Buildings where people live, considered as a group.

The city is building more affordable housing for young families.
2

noun
A hard cover that protects or holds a mechanical part.

The gears were grinding against their metal housing.
3

verb
Present participle of house: to provide a place for people or things to stay.

We are housing the company's servers in a secure data center.

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Synonyms

1 noun · buildings where people... lodging

2 noun · a hard cover that protects... case casing cover covering

Word family

Forms housings

Derived forms bellhousingcohousingecohousinghousomicrohousingnonhousing

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Phrases (1)

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housing project
a publicly funded and managed housing development for low-income residents

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English housynge, housinge, from housen (“to house, shelter; receive into one's house”), equivalent to house + -ing. Cognate with Scots housing (“housing”), Old Frisian hūsinge (whence Saterland Frisian Huzenge); compare also Dutch huizing, behuizing (“housing”), Low German husing, hüsing (“housing”), German Behausung (“housing”), Swedish inhysing (“housing”).

housynge Middle English

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# housing

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈhaʊzɪŋ/
**Frequency rank:** 6446

## Meanings
1. Buildings where people live, considered as a group.
2. A hard cover that protects or holds a mechanical part.
3. Present participle of house: to provide a place for people or things to stay.

## Examples
- The city is building more affordable housing for young families.
- The gears were grinding against their metal housing.
- We are housing the company's servers in a secure data center.

## Derived Forms
- bellhousing
- cohousing
- ecohousing
- houso
- microhousing
- nonhousing

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: housynge

## Etymology
From Middle English housynge, housinge, from housen (“to house, shelter; receive into one's house”), equivalent to house + -ing. Cognate with Scots housing (“housing”), Old Frisian hūsinge (whence Saterland Frisian Huzenge); compare also Dutch huizing, behuizing (“housing”), Low German husing, hüsing (“housing”), German Behausung (“housing”), Swedish inhysing (“housing”).

## AI Etymology
Housing comes from Middle English housynge, housinge, from housen (“to house, shelter; receive into one's house”), equivalent to house + -ing. Cognate with Scots housing (“housing”), Old Frisian hūsinge (whence Saterland Frisian Huzenge); compare also Dutch huizing, behuizing (“housing”), Low German husing, hüsing (“housing”), German Behausung (“housing”), Swedish inhysing (“housing”). The historical chain includes housynge (Middle English). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as bellhousing, cohousing, ecohousing, and houso. In present use it covers buildings where people live, considered as a group, a hard cover that protects or holds a mechanical part, and present participle of house: to provide a place for people or things to stay.

## Topics
- People & Society

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