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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

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·貹··ٲ [uh, -pahrt-, men, -tl], 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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Schuchert thought it would be best for her to leave the apartment she shared with her mother and brother to avoid an eviction on her record.

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They walked her back inside and sat her down, she recalled, before proceeding to search her apartment, emptying every drawer and compartment.

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It's thought that China's entire population would not fill all the empty apartments across the country.

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"It was much safer than a propane camping stove inside the apartment."

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She had demanded that he move out of her Huntington Beach apartment.

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