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housing
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of accommodation |
| Synonyms: | construction, digs, dwelling, habitation, home, house, lodgment, quarter, quarterage, residence, roof, shelter, sheltering, stopping place |
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| Main Entry: | accommodations |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of residence, usually temporary |
| Synonyms: | apartment, board, boardinghouse, crash pad, crib*, digs, hotel, house, housing, lodging, motel, pad, quarters, roof, room and board, rooming house, rooms, shelter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | admit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | allow entry or use |
| Synonyms: | accept, be big on, bless, buy, concede, enter, entertain, give access, give the nod, give thumbs up, grant, harbor, house, initiate, introduce, let, let in, lodge, okay, permit, receive, shelter, sign off on, sign*, suffer, take, take in |
| Notes: | with admit, the acknowledgment of something being true applies to one's own sphere of conduct, whereas with concede the acknowledgment applies to another's; admit implies reluctance to disclose, grant, or concede and refers usually to facts rather than their implications |
| Antonyms: | debar, deny, dismiss, eject, exclude, expel, oust, refuse, reject, repel, shut |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attendance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | people present at event |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, assembly, audience, box office, company, congregation, crowd, draw, gate, gathering, gross, house, observers, onlookers, patrons, public, spectators, turnout, witnesses |
| Main Entry: | board |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | provide food and sleeping quarters |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, bed, canton, care for, feed, harbor, house, let crash, lodge, put up, quarter, room |
| Antonyms: | turn out |
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wrap, hide |
| Synonyms: | blanket, board up, bury, bush up, cache, camouflage, canopy, cap, carpet, cloak, clothe, coat, conceal, cover up, crown, curtain, daub, disguise, do on the sly, dress, eclipse, encase, enclose, enfold, ensconce, enshroud, envelop, hood, house, invest, layer, mantle, mask, obscure, overcast, overlay, overspread, protect, put on, screen, secrete, set on, shade, shield, shroud, stash, superimpose, superpose, surface, veil |
| Antonyms: | lay bare, lay out, reveal, uncover, unwrap |
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | protect, guard |
| Synonyms: | bulwark, defend, fend, house, reinforce, safeguard, screen, secure, shelter, shield, watch over |
| Antonyms: | abandon, disregard, forget, ignore, leave alone |
| Main Entry: | defend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | protect |
| Synonyms: | avert, battle, beat off, bulwark, care for, cherish, conserve, contend, cover, entrench, espouse, fend off, fight, fight for, fortify, foster, garrison, guard, guard against, hedge, hold, hold at bay, house, insure, keep safe, look after, maintain, mine, nourish, oppose, panoply, preserve, prevent, provide sanctuary, repel danger, resist, retain, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shelter, shield, stave off, sustain, take in, uphold, war, ward off, watch, watch over, withstand |
| Antonyms: | abandon, attack, desert, leave, quit, relinquish, resign, surrender |
| Main Entry: | entertain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accommodate visitors |
| Synonyms: | admit, be host, board, chaperone, dine, do the honors, feed, foster, give a party, harbor, have a do, have a get-together, have company, have guests, have visitors, house, invite, lodge, nourish, pick up the check, pop for, put up, quarter, receive, recreate, regale, room, show hospitality, spring for, throw a party, treat, welcome, wine and dine |
| Antonyms: | refuse, reject, turn away |
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