The influx of foreign workers has caused a serious housing problem in this area.
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Housing
//ˈhaʊzɪŋ//
Synonyms for "housing" (108 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (32)
Related words (54)
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8 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
derived from
1 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- жилище verb (residences)
- кожух verb (container)
- корпус verb (container)
- подслон verb (activity of enclosing or providing residence)
Catalan
4 entries- allotjament verb (activity of enclosing or providing residence)
- habitatge verb (activity of enclosing or providing residence)
- habitatge verb (residences)
- vivenda verb (residences)
French
3 entries- logement verb (activity of enclosing or providing residence)
- logement verb (residences)
- résidence verb (residences)
German
1 entries- Wohnungen verb (residences)
Hungarian
4 entries- burkolat verb (container)
- elhelyezés verb (activity of enclosing or providing residence)
- ház verb (residences)
- ház verb (container)
Irish
4 entries- cásáil verb (container)
- tithe verb (residences)
- tithíocht verb (activity of enclosing or providing residence)
- tithíocht verb (residences)
Italian
3 entries- alloggiamento verb (container)
- contenitore verb (container)
- scatola verb (container)
Japanese
2 entries- ハウジング verb (container)
- 筐体 verb (container)
Māori
1 entries- wharenoho verb (residences)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- hus verb (container)
- strømpe verb (container)
Occitan
1 entries- abitatge verb (activity of enclosing or providing residence)
Russian
4 entries- жильё verb (residences)
- ко́жух verb (container)
- ко́рпус verb (container)
- футля́р verb (container)
Spanish
2 entries- alojamiento verb (activity of enclosing or providing residence)
- vivienda verb (residences)
Swedish
4 entries- hus verb (container)
- huv verb (container)
- kåpa verb (container)
- skal verb (container)
Tagalog
1 entries- pabahay verb (activity of enclosing or providing residence)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
What is indispensable to our lives, along with food and clothes, is housing.
Source: tatoeba (28146)
John put across a big housing project.
Source: tatoeba (52544)
This group passes out information on such things as travel and health care, and encourages its members to vote on issues that affect this age group such as legislation regulating the insurance industry, medical care and housing.
Source: tatoeba (57955)
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