move house

verb

To change one's place of residence.

“I haven’t had any post since I moved house.”

Meanings

verbmove house (third-person singular simple present moves house, present participle moving house, simple past and past participle moved house)

present singular third person moves house · participle present moving house · participle past moved house · past moved house

  1. IrelandUKidiomaticTo change one's place of residence.

    I haven’t had any post since I moved house.

    Synonyms: move, relocate, shift

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo change one's place of residence.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 搬家
  • 搬家 (bānjiā)change place of residence
Dutch verhuizen
  • verhuizenchange place of residence
Finnish muuttaa
  • muuttaachange place of residence
French déménager
  • déménagerchange place of residence
German umziehen, zügeln
  • umziehenchange place of residence
  • zügelnchange place of residence
Hungarian elköltözik
  • elköltözikchange place of residence
Indonesian pindah rumah
  • pindah rumahchange place of residence
Japanese 引っ越す
  • 引っ越す (hikkosu)change place of residence
Korean 이사하다
  • 이사하다 (isahada)change place of residence
Norwegian Bokmål flytte
  • flyttechange place of residence
Polish przeprowadzać się, przeprowadzić się
  • przeprowadzać sięchange place of residence
  • przeprowadzić sięchange place of residence
Portuguese mudar-se
  • mudar-sechange place of residence
Russian переезжа́ть, перее́хать
  • переезжа́ть (perejezžátʹ)change place of residence
  • перее́хать (perejéxatʹ)change place of residence
Scottish Gaelic imrich
  • imrichchange place of residence
Spanish mudarse
  • mudarsechange place of residence
Swedish flytta
  • flyttachange place of residence
Ukrainian переїжджа́ти, переї́хати
  • переїжджа́ти (perejiždžáty)change place of residence
  • переї́хати (perejíxaty)change place of residence
Welsh symud tŷ
  • symud tŷchange place of residence
Cite this entry
APA

move house. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/move%20house

MLA

“move house.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/move%20house. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “move house,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/move%20house.

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