house call

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [noun, adjective hous kawl]
- /noun, adjective haʊs kɔl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [noun, adjective hous kawl]
- /noun, adjective haʊs kɔl/

Definitions of house call words

noun house call a professional visit, as by a doctor or sales representative, to the home of a patient or customer. 1
noun house call a visit made by a doctor, repair person, etc, to a patient or customer in his or her own home 0
noun house call a visit to the home of a patient, as by a doctor, or of a client, as by a businessperson, for professional purposes 0

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Origin of house call

First appearance:

before 1955

One of the 4% newest English words

First recorded in 1955-60

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Parts of speech for House call

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of House call

house call popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 54% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

house call usage trend in Literature

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