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PRONUNCIATION OF OLD PEOPLE'S HOME

old people's home  [əʊld ˈpiːpəlz həʊm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OLD PEOPLE'S HOME

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Old people's home 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 OLD PEOPLE'S HOME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of old people's home in the English dictionary

The definition of old people's home in the dictionary is a residence where old people live and are cared for when old age prevents them from looking after themselves in their own homes.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OLD PEOPLE'S HOME


chrome
krəʊm
dishome
dɪsˈhəʊm
dome
dəʊm
foam
fəʊm
genom
ˈdʒiːnəʊm
heaume
həʊm
holm
həʊm
home
həʊm
honeycomb
ˈhʌnɪˌkəʊm
monochrome
ˈmɒnəˌkrəʊm
motorhome
ˈməʊtəˌhəʊm
nome
nəʊm
nonhome
ˌnɒnˈhəʊm
re-home
ˌriːˈhəʊm
Rome
rəʊm
skyhome
ˈskaɪˌhəʊm
Stockholm
ˈstɒkhəʊm
syndrome
ˈsɪndrəʊm
tome
təʊm
tumblehome
ˈtʌmbəlˌhəʊm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OLD PEOPLE'S HOME

old man´s beard
old master
old media
old money
old moon
Old Nick
Old Norse
Old North French
Old Northwest
old one
Old Persian
Old Pretender
Old Prussian
Old Red Sandstone
old rose
Old Saxon
old school
old school tie
old skool

WORDS THAT END LIKE OLD PEOPLE'S HOME

a home from home
at home
at-home
care home
children´s home
come home
community home
drive home
foster home
funeral home
holiday home
house and home
mobile home
nursing home
residential home
retirement home
second home
spiritual home
starter home
till the cows come home
villa home

Synonyms and antonyms of old people's home in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «old people's home» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OLD PEOPLE'S HOME

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

Translator English - Chinese

老人的家
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Asilo de ancianos
570 millions of speakers

English

old people´s home
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पुराने लोगों के घर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المنزل المسنين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

домой престарелых
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lar de idosos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বৃদ্ধাশ্রম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la maison de retraite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rumah orang tua
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Altersheim
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

老人ホーム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

노인 의 집
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngarep omah wong tua
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhà của người già
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பழைய மக்கள் வீடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वृद्ध लोकांच्या घरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yaşlı insanların evi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

casa di riposo per anziani
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dom starców
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

додому престарілих
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

case de batrani
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γηροκομείο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ou mense se huis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ålderdomshem
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gamlehjem
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of old people's home

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OLD PEOPLE'S HOME»

The term «old people's home» is regularly used and occupies the 95.803 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OLD PEOPLE'S HOME» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about old people's home

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OLD PEOPLE'S HOME»

Discover the use of old people's home in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to old people's home and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
The only problem is that he's still in good health, and in one day, he turns 100. A big celebration is in the works, but Allan really isn't interested (and he'd like a bit more control over his vodka consumption). So he decides to escape.
Jonas Jonasson, 2012
2
Free Clinics: Local Responses to Health Care Needs
The name of the home changed to the Old People's Home of the City of Chicago, and the doors were opened to a more diverse population, although not to blacks. 24 The board of the Old People's Home of the City of Chicago evolved primarily ...
Virginia M. Brennan, 2013
3
Noun Phrase in the Generative Perspective
She lives in an old people's home. b. She lives in this old people's home. c. Roald Dahl is a famous children's author. d. I used to love reading those glossy women's magazines. In (ia) the genitive old people 's precedes the N home. It is often ...
Artemis Alexiadou, Liliane M. V. Haegeman, Melita Stavrou, 2007
4
Benevolent institutions
Methodist Episcopal Old People's Home. . . 1415 Foster Ave. Municipal Lodging House 162 North Union St. Norwegian Old People's Home 6058 Avondale Ave. Old People's Home Forty-seventh St. and Vincennes Ave. Ollvet Institute Old ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, Joseph Adna Hill, Edwin M. Bliss, 1911
5
Selected Poems, 1933-1988
In the Old People's Home (1914) This is the last anchorage. HMS Incontinent is in trouble and signals of distress come from HMS Repetitive and HMS Wanderer. HMS Anxiety is getting steam up. The harbour is full of signs of activity, which are  ...
Gavin Ewart, 1988
6
Homes for aged in the United States
United Lutheran Church Home for Aged, 212 Ashland Blvd. Volunteers of America Christian Elderly Ladles' Home, 3334 Warren Blvd. Washington and Jane Smith Home, 2340 West 113th Pl. Western German Baptist Old People's Home, 1851 ...
United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1941
7
More Than a Roof: The Development of Minnesota Poor Farms ...
Glenwood Old People's Home, "Articles of Incorporation, History, and Minutes of Board Meetings," July 16, 1911, p. 11, 12; January 10, 1913, p. 13ff, in the offices of the American Lutheran Church, Minneapolis (photocopy in Mc- Clure Papers)  ...
Ethel McClure, 1968
8
Learning Languages, Learning Life Skills: Autobiographical ...
4th situation and its interpretation We added ACTIVITIES in the vocabulary after having watched a video on an English old people's home in which elderly people were interviewed and in which their lives had been described from the point of ...
Riitta Jaatinen, 2007
9
Arts - Therapies - Communication European Arts Therapy: ...
He says: "Working as a volunteer in the old people's home in my neighbourhood made me change my opinion about these places, and, what is more, about the last chapter of our lives. Knowing the daily routine of every patient, getting to know ...
Line Kossolapow, Sarah Scoble, Diane Waller, 2005
10
Experiential Learning in Foreign Language Education
realised that she had started to see the institutional life in a different way and she might even work in an old people's home in the future. This kind of reflective process is, of course, part of the practical nurse students' normal supervision ...
Vijo Kohonen, Ritta Jaatinen, Pauli Kaikkonen, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OLD PEOPLE'S HOME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term old people's home is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sunday 26th July Gijón airshow, Asturias northern Spain
Eight dead after suspected arson in Zaragoza old people's home The suspected arsonist is one of the residents in the Santa Fe home in ... «Spanish News Today, Jul 15»
2
Look on the bright side
The decision to remove my mother from the clutches of UK "social services" and avoid her being transferred to an old people's home there ... «Bangkok Post, Jul 15»
3
'Nelson Mandela a Shining Beacon of Democracy', Says PM Modi
The South African embassy marked the Mandela Day by donating blankets and groceries to Melfort Farm Old People's home in Goromonzi ... «Sentinel Republic, Jul 15»
4
Nine films, books and television shows based in Shepway
The film stars Bill Milner as a young boy who grows up in the old people's home ran by his parents, as well as Michael Caine as a former ... «Folkestone Herald, Jul 15»
5
Vienna hotel a model project giving refugees hope
"This building which is now a hotel was once an old people's home," Martin Gantner from Caritas told Al Jazeera. It was renovated and ... «Aljazeera.com, Jul 15»
6
Asturias: Six injured in landslide following heavy rainstorm
Eight dead after suspected arson in Zaragoza old people's home The suspected arsonist is one of the residents in the Santa Fe home in ... «Spanish News Today, Jul 15»
7
Mary Hanafin tries hard to whip up a storm
... she said to an audience whose age and political profile made the hall resemble a day room in a decidedly right-wing old people's home. «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
8
'Zimbabwe Was Special to Mandela'
The South African embassy marked the Mandela Day by donating blankets and groceries to Melfort Farm Old People's home in Goromonzi ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
9
Govt neglects senior citizens
INMATES at Melfort Farm Old People's Home about 40km along Mutare Road, have accused government of neglecting and failing to allocate ... «NewsDay, Jul 15»
10
Eidul Fitr: Old home residents expect no miracles
He lives with 18 other retirees in an old people's home run by a trader at Benazir Bhutto Road. Iqbal was everything for his wife and children as ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Old people's home [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/old-peoples-home>. Apr 2024 ».
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