dwelling

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun housing that someone is living in
  2. verb think moodily or anxiously about something
  3. verb originate (in)

Etymology

From Middle English dwellynge, dwellyng (“delay, continuance, abode”), equivalent to dwell + -ing. More at dwell.

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Synonyms

home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house

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