apartment
Americannoun
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a room or a group of related rooms, among similar sets in one building, designed for use as a dwelling.
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a building containing or made up of such rooms.
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any separated room or group of rooms in a house or other dwelling.
We heard cries from an apartment at the back of the house.
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British. apartments, a set of rooms used as a dwelling by one person or one family.
noun
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(often plural) any room in a building, usually one of several forming a suite, esp one that is spacious and well furnished and used as living accommodation, offices, etc
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another name (esp US and Canadian) for flat 2
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( as modifier )
apartment building
apartment house
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Other Word Forms
- apartmental adjective
Etymology
Origin of apartment
1635–45; < French appartement < Italian appartamento, equivalent to apparta ( re ) to separate, divide (verbal derivative of a parte apart, to one side) + -mento -ment
Example Sentences
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It also allowed professionals—or anyone buying an apartment—to obtain so-called golden visas, the renewable 10-year residence permits that are not linked to a particular job.
Sunday nights: an apartment overlooking the Pacific, Manchego and hummus, then down to the rec room for ping-pong.
From Los Angeles Times
Palacios moved out of the apartment complex where the shooting happened shortly after, Halperin said, because ICE officials warned him his “life might be in danger.”
From Los Angeles Times
Over time engineers ran out of surface area, which led them to begin stacking transistors vertically, creating complex three dimensional structures that resemble high rise apartment buildings.
From Science Daily
Twenty-nine people were in the four-story building, which also housed apartments and a cosmetic clinic, at the time of the early morning collapse, according to the Minas Gerais state fire department.
From Barron's
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