Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Visiting or including every house in an area: Describes an activity, such as selling, campaigning, or surveying, that is conducted by going from one house to the next without omission.
   • Direct from point of origin to point of destination: Describes a service, especially a journey or delivery, that takes a person or item directly from the starting location to the final destination without intermediate stops or transfers.

Usage

• The adjective "door-to-door" is typically used before a noun to modify it (e.g., , ).
• It describes the comprehensive or direct nature of an activity or service.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The charity organized a door-to-door collection for the food bank.
  • We offer door-to-door airport transfers for all hotel guests.
  • The political candidate relied on door-to-door canvassing to reach voters.

Advanced Usage

• "to go door-to-door": This verb phrase describes the action of conducting an activity by visiting houses sequentially.
  • Volunteers will go door-to-door to raise awareness about the new recycling program.

Variants and Related Words

• House-to-house: An adjective with a nearly identical meaning to the first sense of "door-to-door," emphasizing visits to each house.
  • The police conducted a house-to-house inquiry.

Synonyms

• Direct (for the service/delivery sense): proceeding without deviation or interruption.
• From house to house: a descriptive phrase for the visiting sense.

Related Phrases

• Door-to-door salesperson: A person whose job involves selling products by visiting people's homes.
  • He worked as a door-to-door salesperson for a vacuum cleaner company.

Adjective

1. omitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the next
   • a door-to-door campaign
   • house-to-house coverage
2. (of e.g. journeys or deliveries) direct from point of origin to point of destination
   • the limousine offers door-to-door service