Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dress the house

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.71 in modern English

Syllables: dress the -house
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To position oneself, or others, so as to make the auditorium appear fuller than it really is.

Example Sentences

"[…] to pay this tax through inviting a certain class of the public, who are always invited, to theatres of standing to dress the house."
"[…] we critics were not his fellow-guests, but simply deadheads whose business it was to "dress the house" and write puffs."
"The box office in a reserved seat house and the ushers in a non-reserved situation are responsible for dressing the house—that is, seating the audience so as to elicit the maximum response, […]"

Inflected Forms

dresses the house (present, singular) dressing the house (participle, present) dressed the house (participle, past) dressed the house (past)

Questions

What does dress the house mean?: To position oneself, or others, so as to make the auditorium appear fuller than it really is.

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