house lights

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [noun, adjective hous lahyts]
- /noun, adjective haʊs laɪts/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [noun, adjective hous lahyts]
- /noun, adjective haʊs laɪts/

Definitions of house lights words

noun plural house lights lights of a residential building 1
noun plural house lights theatre: lights over seating area 1
noun plural house lights In a theatre or cinema, when the house lights dim or go down, the lights where the audience sits are switched off. When the house lights come up, the lights are switched on. 0
noun plural house lights the lights in the auditorium of a theatre, cinema, etc 0

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Origin of house lights

First appearance:

before 1915

One of the 14% newest English words

First recorded in 1915-20; house + light1 + -s3

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Parts of speech for House lights

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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house lights popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 58% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Synonyms for house lights

noun house lights

arc light — Arc lights are a type of very bright electric light.
floodlight — an artificial light so directed or diffused as to give a comparatively uniform illumination over a rather large given area.
footlights — Usually, footlights. Theater. the lights at the front of a stage that are nearly on a level with the feet of the performers.

All 3 Synonyms of house lights