house-sit

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [noun, adjective hous sit]
- /noun, adjective haʊs sɪt/
- /haʊs sɪt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [noun, adjective hous sit]
- /noun, adjective haʊs sɪt/

Definitions of house-sit word

verb without object house-sit to take care of a house or residence while the owner or occupant is temporarily away, especially by living in it. 1
intransitive verb house-sit If someone house-sits for you, they stay at your house and look after it while you are away. 0
verb house-sit to live in and look after a house during the absence of its owner or owners 0
verb house-sit (Intransitive Verb) To live in someone else's home for the purpose of protecting and tending to it in the owner's or tenant's absence. 0

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Origin of house-sit

First appearance:

before 1975

One of the 1% newest English words

1975-80; house + sit1, on the model of baby-sit

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Parts of speech for House-sit

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of House-sit

house-sit popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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