Mansion definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

mansion in American English · 1. Archaic. a manor house · 2. a large, imposing house; stately residence · 3. Archaic. a. a dwelling place. b. a separate dwelling ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Video LearnEnglish Videopronunciations Buildyourvocabulary Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'mansion'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× mansion (mænʃən ) Wordforms:pluralmansions 1. countablenoun Amansionisaverylargehouse. ...aneighteenthcenturymansioninHampshire. Thecolonialmansionsandvillaswerereservedforthegovernment. Synonyms:residence,manor,hall,villa MoreSynonymsofmansion 2. noun,innames Mansionsisoftenusedinthenamesofblocksofflats. [British]...DelawareMansions,ablockof167flatsoppositetheBBCRadiostudios. COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Imageof mansion ©1000Words,Shutterstock Video:pronunciationof mansion Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'mansion' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'mansion' WordList'home' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'neighbourly' HindiTranslationof'mansion' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency mansioninBritishEnglish (ˈmænʃən ) noun1. Alsocalled:mansionhouse alargeandimposinghouse 2. alesscommonwordformanorhouse 3. archaic anyresidence 4. British(plural) ablockofflats 5. astrology anyof28divisionsofthezodiaceachoccupiedonsuccessivedaysbythemoon CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordoriginC14:viaOldFrenchfromLatinmansioaremaining,frommansus;seemanse WordFrequency mansioninAmericanEnglish (ˈmænʃən ) noun1. Archaic amanorhouse 2.  alarge,imposinghouse;statelyresidence 3. Archaica.  adwellingplace b.  aseparatedwellingplaceorlodginginalargehouseorstructure ;usuallyusedinpl. 4. [pl.];British anapartmenthouse 5. Obsolete astay;sojourn 6. Astrologya.  house(sense12) b.  anyofthe28partsofthemoon'scourseoccupiedonsuccessivedays Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordoriginMEmansioun