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Meaning of "housemate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOUSEMATE

housemate  [ˈhaʊsˌmeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOUSEMATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Housemate is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOUSEMATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Roommate

A roommate is a person who shares a living facility such as an apartment or dormitory. Similar terms include suitemate, housemate, flatmate, or sharemate. A share house is a model of household in which a group of usually unrelated people reside together. The term generally applies to people living together in rental properties rather than in properties in which any resident is an owner occupier.In the UK, the term "roommate" means a person living in the same bedroom, whereas in the United States and Canada, "roommate" and "housemate" are used interchangeably regardless whether a bedroom is shared, although it is common in US universities that having a roommate implies sharing a room together. This article uses the term "roommate" in the US sense of a person one shares a residence with who is not a relative or significant other. The informal term for roommate is roomie, which is commonly used by university students. The most common reason for sharing housing is to reduce the cost of housing.

Definition of housemate in the English dictionary

The definition of housemate in the dictionary is a person who is not part of the same family, but with whom one shares a house.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOUSEMATE


animate
ˈænɪˌmeɪt
automate
ˈɔːtəˌmeɪt
casemate
ˈkeɪsˌmeɪt
checkmate
ˈtʃɛkˌmeɪt
classmate
ˈklɑːsˌmeɪt
consummate
ˈkɒnsəˌmeɪt
decimate
ˈdɛsɪˌmeɪt
diplomate
ˈdɪpləˌmeɪt
estimate
ˈɛstɪˌmeɪt
flatmate
ˈflætˌmeɪt
glutamate
ˈɡluːtəˌmeɪt
helpmate
ˈhɛlpˌmeɪt
humate
ˈhjuːˌmeɪt
inmate
ˈɪnˌmeɪt
messmate
ˈmɛsˌmeɪt
overestimate
ˌəʊvərˈɛstɪˌmeɪt
playmate
ˈpleɪˌmeɪt
roommate
ˈruːmˌmeɪt
stalemate
ˈsteɪlˌmeɪt
underestimate
ˌʌndərˈɛstɪˌmeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOUSEMATE

houseless
houselessness
houseline
houseling
houselled
houselling
housemaid
housemaid´s knee
houseman
housemaster
housemen
housemistress
housemother
houseparent
houseperson
houser
houseroom
Houses of Parliament
housesitting
housetop

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOUSEMATE

agemate
amate
approximate
climate
copemate
cremate
formate
inanimate
incremate
intimate
legitimate
mate
primate
racemate
remate
soul mate
stablemate
tablemate
ultimate
yokemate

Synonyms and antonyms of housemate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «housemate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOUSEMATE

Find out the translation of housemate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of housemate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «housemate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

室友
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

compañero de piso
570 millions of speakers

English

housemate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घर के सदस्यों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هووسمت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сосед
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

companheiro de casa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এক বাসিন্দা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

colocataire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rakan kongsi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mitbewohner
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

同居人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

동거
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Omah-omahé
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chung nhà
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வசிப்பவருடன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घरमालक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ev arkadaşı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

coinquilino
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

współlokator
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сусід
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

coleg de apartament
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συγκάτοικος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

huismaat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

housemate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

housemate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of housemate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOUSEMATE»

The term «housemate» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.527 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOUSEMATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «housemate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «housemate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about housemate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOUSEMATE»

Discover the use of housemate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to housemate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Revolving Doors: A Man and His Dog's Search for the Perfect ...
Revolving Doors is full of funny, colorful and complicated stories based on these evolving characters as they gradually matured to meet their full potential in life.
Vince Mastroianni, 2010
2
Residence Options for Older and Disabled Clients
Though it may seem convenient to name a housemate as the agent to handle financial affairs, it is risky. Both the older person's property and person would be under the control of the housemate, which creates the possibility for misuse or even ...
Lawrence A. Frolik, 2008
3
Visible Thought: The New Psychology of Body Language
imitation 60 Independent Television (ITV) 180-1 Indians 51 information theory 53 interactional synchrony 5-6, 14, 40 interpersonal attitudes 29, 34, 36 intimacy 150 -1, 151, 152 Italians 82-3 jade (Big Brother housemate) 4, 9, 150—2, 153 ...
Geoffrey Beattie, 2014
4
Irony in Language and Thought: A Cognitive Science Reader
You tell your housemate Marilyn that the person moving in with you two was kicked out of his previous home. She says, “That sure is frightening.” Your housemate Joel tells you that he got invited to a party by people you know he hates.
Raymond W. Gibbs, Herbert L. Colston, 2007
5
Belle de Jour: Diary of an Unlikely Call Girl
Anyway, that same housemate who was sleeping with S's ex was simultaneously two-timing his own girlfriend, E, who lived in the house, with an average of three girls a week. And while E had no idea, the Boy and I harbored no illusions about  ...
Anonymous, 2007
6
Banana Girl:
Once I greeted him on the stairwell and a plump boy was trailing behind him.He was about eighteen. 'Thisis...'my housemate said,hungover andattempting an introduction. The boy was embarrassed andtold me, andmy housemate, his name.
Michelle Lee, 2013
7
Microeconomics in Context
A similarly inefficient result would follow if you were better at cleaning, and your housemate at shopping, but you tended to shop and your housemate tended to clean. Figure 6.4 Efficient and Inefficient Joint Production Possibilities Frontier ...
Neva Goodwin, Jonathan Harris, Julie Nelson, 2013
8
Principles of Economics in Context
A similarly inefficient result would follow if you were better at cleaning, and your housemate at shopping, but you tended to shop and your housemate tended to clean. Figure 7.4 Efficient and Inefficient Joint Production Possibilities Frontier ...
Neva Goodwin, Jonathan Harris, Julie Nelson, 2014
9
Microeconomics in Context
A similarly inefficient result would follow if you were better at cleaning, and your housemate at shopping, but you tended to shop and your housemate tended to clean. Along with the concept of comparative advantage, economists also discuss ...
Goodwin, Julie A. Nelson, Frank Ackerman
10
Almost a Psychopath: Do I (or Does Someone I Know) Have a ...
Boththeprofessorand his housemate were surprised to seethecat,which had never shownanyprowessasahunter, attacking victims with previously unseen gusto. The professorconcluded,“Mycat has become a murderer!” Curiously, at about this ...
Ronald Schouten, James Silver, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOUSEMATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term housemate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Holly Madison had a 'obsession' with Hugh Hefner claims Playboy …
... Hugh Hefner she dressed like him, ate the same meals and participated in kinky sex acts other girls refused to do, bunny housemate claims. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Man took housemate's car when his normal lift to work let him down …
A 30-YEAR-OLD-MAN took his housemate's car when his normal lift to work let him down. Blackburn magistrates heard Ionut Justinian Mecles ... «Lancashire Telegraph, Jul 15»
3
Big Brother 2015: Can Welsh housemate Joel win in this year's live …
He has been more responsible for more of this series' memorable moments than any other housemate left in the show, including his disgust at ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
4
10 things you need to be the perfect Geordie Shore housemate
We revealed earlier today that Geordie Shore are on the look out for the 'next wild cast member' with the only criteria being that you have to be ... «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»
5
Former 'PBB' housemate engaged for second time | ABS-CBN News
MANILA - Former "Pinoy Big Brother" housemate Wendy Valdez is set to make a trip down the aisle for a second time, now that she is engaged ... «ABS CBN News, Jul 15»
6
Sales rep bit 'chunk' from his housemate's broken ankle …
A MAN who "bit a chunk" of flesh from his housemate's broken ankle has avoided a conviction after paying €2,000 in compensation. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
7
'Borrowing' housemate's car ends in court case for Langho man
A 30-year-old man took his housemate's car when his normal lift to work let him down. Blackburn magistrates heard Ionut Justinian Mecles ... «Clitheroe Today, Jul 15»
8
Man charged with killing housemate found after July 4 blast
HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — A man has been charged with killing his housemate, whose plastic-wrapped body was found after an explosion in a ... «Danbury News Times, Jul 15»
9
Big Brother cash meltdown: £23900 given to ONE housemate
Yes, that devious eye in the sky has offered one housemate a whopping £23,900 cash in hand under one one condition – it can't be split. «Daily Star, Jul 15»
10
Big Brother housemate 'PLEASURES HIMSELF and then shockingly …
A Big Brother USA housemate appeared to pleasure himself and then wipe his hands on a female contestant, it has been revealed. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»

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