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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

/ əˈɑːٳəԳ /

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

      apartment house

      apartment building

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ·貹··ٲ [uh, -pahrt-, men, -tl], adjective
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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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of apartment1

C17: from French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from appartare to set on one side, separate
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Accommodation BID, which also represents serviced apartment providers in Liverpool, thinks the levy will raise £9.2m over two years, of which £6.7m will go towards supporting the city's visitor economy.

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The investigation included surveillance, court-approved GPS tracking and search warrants at Castillo’s Huntington Park apartment and her parents’ home in South Gate.

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Released today, it's a free-associating rampage through a messy night out, that ends with epiphany in a drug dealer's apartment.

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The filming location was not intentional, López recalled — it was simply the closest subway station to LaVoo’s apartment— but something about that moment feels like kismet now.

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A series of earthquakes including a 6.2-magnitude tremor have struck near Istanbul, shaking buildings in Turkey's largest city and prompting people to flee apartment blocks.

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