living quarters
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈkwɔːrtərz/
- The upper stories of the structures were used as living quarters, and the lower floors were reserved for storage.
- separate living quarters
- provides living quarters
- sharing living quarters
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Watch on YouTubeYou can see here their living quarters and their places of work.
- You can see here their living quarters and their places of work.
- So if you're cutting costs, you can't let them live in spacious living quarters, right?
- And because of the confusion, the drone ended up striking a living quarter slash slash barracks area where troops were.
Examples
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This is such an upgrade from the living quarters we've been in for the last two months.
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After a long day, he returned to his cozy living quarters to relax.
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You can see here their living quarters and their places of work.
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Well, this is your living quarters.
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And these were his living quarters?
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We'll go to the living quarters.
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I found my own living quarters.
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And again, these living quarters are just temporary until we can find you a more suitable room.
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The principal's living quarters should be kept separate from the college.
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Later that evening, we were escorted into our temporary living quarters, an icy room in the Hotel Armenia.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A set of rooms on one floor for one person or family in a building
735
1.0
Buildings where people live, like houses or flats
332
2.9
Rooms or buildings where a group of people live, like soldiers
288
2.5
A house or other place where someone lives
246
1.8
A building where college or university students live while they study
96
2.3
Buildings where soldiers live and sleep
93
5.0
A place where people stay, like a hotel or room
80
1.2
A large building with many separate homes where people live
46
2.4
A building where college or university students live while they study
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7.4
A casual word for a home often meaning a small apartment
34
3.4
A place where you stay for a short time or a short stay there
32
3.2
A small apartment with one main room and a separate bathroom
29
2.9
A house or apartment where someone lives
12
2.0
A building with many separate homes where different people live
11
3.3
Temporary rooms you rent to stay in for a short time
11
3.9
A simple building with beds for several people, often used by workers or guests
8
3.7
A house where people rent single rooms and share bathrooms or a kitchen
7
2.8
A building on a college campus where students live
1
3.6
A house that rents rooms to people for short or long stays
1
3.3
Places like rooms or buildings where people live
1
2.8
A house or building where people live, not a business building
1
9.9
The front part of a ship where the crew sleep
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3.7
Places on a military base where soldiers live
1
3.2
A building where university students live during term time
1
3.8
A building that offers rooms for people to stay for a short time
Antonyms
How Private
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3.4
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2.8
- US
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1.0
19
2.8
46
2.4
96
2.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'rooms or buildings where people live' is directly and compositionally built from 'living' (relating to residing) plus 'quarters' (designated living spaces). This is a transparent noun phrase following normal English compounding, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Living quarters comes from the words living and quarters, where quarters once meant rooms given to soldiers or workers. Imagine a set of rooms set aside for people to sleep and live — those are their living quarters, so the phrase means 'rooms or buildings where people live'.