apartment
- noun
- /əˈpɑrtmənt/
- US
- I got myself a little apartment in Hollywood.
- an apartment building
- rent an apartment
- live in an apartment
I have not stepped foot outside of this apartment or two full days.
- I have not stepped foot outside of this apartment or two full days.
- And then we moved to an apartment with Greg.
- Get us into a nice apartment and then start over.
- The biggest part about this apartment, guys, it's the closets.
- I live in an apartment by myself with four cats.
- My dad was bouncing around from apartment complexes to trailers.
- We raided her nephew's apartment probably a week earlier.
- So yeah, let's let's go back to the apartment and make some food.
- To top it off, the apartment has roaches and mice.
- That's what she said, dying in the one room apartment in Hell's Kitchen.
- So let's go take a look at this first apartment in the Financial District.
Examples
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She just moved into a cozy apartment with two bedrooms.
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Jim and Susan Brown moved into an apartment under terms of a one-year lease.
Academic text (1991) -
Get us into a nice apartment and then start over.
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I still keep an apartment there.
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I live in an apartment by myself with four cats.
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I'm about to show you my new apartment, OK?
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And then we moved to an apartment with Greg.
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I locked myself out of my apartment.
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When he opened the door of his apartment, he found all of his suitcases packed.
Academic text (2008) -
Bill and Mary Jones moved into an apartment under terms of a one-year lease.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
An apartment that a person owns inside a building with shared areas
A small apartment with one main room and a separate bathroom
A set of rooms for one family or person in a building
A large, expensive apartment on the top floor of a building with great views
A house or apartment where someone lives
A casual word for a home often meaning a small apartment
An apartment you own in a building where people share common areas
A building divided into two separate homes, often one above the other
A small home with one main room for living, sleeping, and cooking and a separate bathroom
An informal short form of apartment used in addresses
A home in a building with no elevator that you reach by stairs
An apartment with rooms on two floors connected by an inside staircase
A small flat or house with its own private entrance, often in a larger building
A very small place to live with one or two rooms for one person
A small home on two floors with its own entrance often inside a larger building
Compounds
A small home with one main room for living, sleeping, and cooking and a separate bathroom
A small furnished apartment with one main room, a small kitchen area, and a separate bathroom
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Etymology
Apartment comes from the idea of being apart or a part, meaning a space set 'apart' from the rest of a building. So an apartment is a separate set of rooms where a person lives.