open house

o·pen house

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [oh-puh n noun, adjective hous]
- /ˈoʊ pən noun, adjective haʊs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [oh-puh n noun, adjective hous]
- /ˈoʊ pən noun, adjective haʊs/

Definitions of open house words

noun open house a party or reception during which anyone who wishes may visit to share in a celebration, meet a special guest, etc. 1
noun open house a time during which a school, institution, etc., is open to the public for exhibition or for some specific occasion. 1
noun open house a house hospitably open to all friends who may wish to visit it. 1
idioms open house keep open house, to be prepared to entertain visitors at any time: They keep open house for artists and writers. 1
noun open house event permitting free entry to all 1
uncountable noun open house If you say that someone keeps open house, you mean that they welcome friends or visitors to their house whenever they arrive and allow them to stay for as long as they want to. 0

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Origin of open house

First appearance:

before 1520

One of the 28% oldest English words

First recorded in 1520-30

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Parts of speech for Open house

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Open house

open house popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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