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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. British.apartments, 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 building

      apartment house

“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 51Թ Forms

  • apartmental adjective
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51Թ 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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51Թ 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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But the ruins are becoming hidden or replaced by tall office complexes and apartments, and a skyline dotted with cranes and scaffolding.

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There was at least one vehicle, a silver Ford SUV with Arizona licence plates, parked on the driveway of an apartment complex.

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Tenants at one of L.A.’s largest apartment complexes continue to live in unsafe conditions months after the city, county and landlord pledged action.

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Reacting to his sentence, Pallot said it was "a little harsh financially", but he was glad that his Paris apartment would not be seized, according to AFP news agency.

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Then, one night she accepted an invitation to his New York apartment, she said, because he had just asked her to attend a movie premiere in Los Angeles.

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