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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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And because most market-rate housing developments now include some income-restricted affordable apartments provided by developers in exchange for increased project size, Los Angeles is getting fewer of those, too.

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Many of her fellow tenants in this apartment block near Madrid's Atocha railway station have similar problems.

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Tired of scouring Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace for a decently used refrigerator because your new apartment didn’t come with one?

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But Allen’s family said she lived in an apartment about two miles from the beach and worked as a customer service representative for the U.S.

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Williams said he was going through some "dark" times and Farrell would come to visit in the morning to try to get him to leave his apartment.

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