apartment

[ uh-pahrt-muhnt ]

noun

1. a room or a group of related rooms, among similar sets in one building, designed for use as a dwelling.
2. a building containing or made up of such rooms.
3. 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.

4. apartments, British. a set of rooms used as a dwelling by one person or one family.

apartment

/ əˈpɑːtmənt /

noun

1. 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
2. 1. another name (esp US and Canadian) for flat 2
   2. ( as modifier )

      apartment building

      apartment house

Other Words From

• a·part·men·tal [uh, -pahrt-, men, -tl], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of apartment¹

1635–45; < French appartement < Italian appartamento, equivalent to apparta ( re ) to separate, divide (verbal derivative of a parte apart, to one side) + -mento -ment

Word History and Origins

Origin of apartment¹

C17: from French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from appartare to set on one side, separate

Example Sentences

Police also reportedly mistook Taylor’s car, which was parked outside her apartment that night, as the drug dealer’s car, according to the lawsuit.

From Vox

On top of the cost of filters, lower-end homes or apartments may have more leaks around windows and doors that let in contaminants.

From Fortune

The collapsible option makes it great for space conscious rooms or in smaller apartments and dorms.

From Popular-Science

A “target area” could be a park, an apartment complex or the bulk of the entire city.

From Voice of San Diego

It’s not easy working from home with kids, or being alone in your apartment.

From Fortune

He was born in an apartment above the grocery store owned by his immigrant parents in South Jamaica, Queens.

From The Daily Beast

“Bodegas, private residences, apartment buildings, you name it,” the investigator says.

From The Daily Beast

At 24, I slipped on the ice outside of my Michigan apartment.

From The Daily Beast

Magazines are the only thing in my apartment that qualify as clutter.

From The Daily Beast

And there are a few nice things buried beneath the rubble that I could use in my apartment.

From The Daily Beast

To the invitation to precede him she readily responded, and, with a bow to the Seneschal, she began to walk across the apartment.

From Project Gutenberg

The others stood silent till they heard the outer door of the apartment close behind him.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a large square apartment, very lofty and very naked-looking.

From Project Gutenberg

With which magnanimous sentiment he turned on his clumsy heel, and entered his apartment again.

From Project Gutenberg

In a few minutes he was alone, in a magnificent apartment, where every tranquillizing luxury invited to repose.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• co-op
• condo
• condominium
• cooperative
• flat
• suite