to room
21
3.4
- verb
- /rum/
- US
:
compartir habitación
- I'm sorry to hear you're not rooming with him next year.
Anyways, so the girl that I roomed with originally was another girl.
- Anyways, so the girl that I roomed with originally was another girl.
Examples
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Kay was her oldest friend; they'd roomed together in college.
Fiction book (1998) -
It still kind of sucks that we're not gonna be rooming together.
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Plenty of people in this world have to room with whole families," she told him.
Fiction book (1995) -
Often, travel requires students to take initiative to find people with whom to room or sit on the bus.
Academic text (2009) -
If only someone had offered to room with you and Emma last year!
Blog text (23) -
I'm hoping to find a good person in my training group to room with and share costs.
Blog text (29) -
I room across the hall from Eve Harrington.
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I'd like to room with Biederman.
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Seth, me and Evan are rooming together next year.
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If you're going to room with me, you need to keep your things organized.
Synonyms
46
3.9
To live at a place that gives meals for money
15
3.7
To stay in a place often for a short time
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
2
5.3
To notice how people in a group feel and act and change what you say or do
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
5
7.1
To move around a party or event and talk to many people to make connections
Compounds
180
2.4
The hospital area where doctors immediately treat people with serious injuries or sudden illness
- US
145
1.6
A room in a gym or workplace where people change clothes and keep personal things safe
- Specialized
63
3.4
A room where people watch and control machines like cameras or power equipment
39
4.1
The room on a ship, train, or in a building where the engine and other machines are kept and run
36
1.0
The usual comfortable indoor temperature is about 20 to 22 degrees Celsius or 68 to 72 degrees Fahrenheit
- Offensive
7
7.9
Rude and rough talk or behaviour among sports players in a changing room
- Specialized
5
6.4
A room where people keep the air and surfaces very clean for making microchips and other sensitive equipment
- Literature
3
7.2
A private place where a small group makes secret decisions, often in politics
- Jargon
1
6.6
The part of a newspaper office where reporters and editors prepare local news
How Private
- US
21
3.4
- Informal
111
7.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb room comes from the idea of having a room to live in, so to 'room' somewhere is to stay there as a paying guest or to share living space with others.