apartment

CEFRA1

/əˈpɑːt.mənt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A set of rooms for living in, usually within a building.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A room within a house.

Examples

  • They rented a small apartment in the center of the city.

  • What happened? There's water all over the apartment.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A suite of rooms within a domicile, designated for a specific person or persons and including a bedroom.

  2. A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.

  3. A conceptual space used for separation in the threading architecture. Objects in one apartment cannot directly access those in another, but must use a proxy.

More examples

In context

  • Is your apartment well maintained?

  • I am Jonathan. I am in apartment B4. — I am in apartment C2.

  • 1883 April 23, Slawson v. Grand Street R. Co., 107 U.S. 649, 2 S.Ct. 663, 664, The specification described the ordinary fare-box used in street cars and omnibuses, consisting of two apartments, the one directly above the other.... [T]he passenger deposited hi...

Synonyms

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She rented a small blank on the top floor of the old building.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from Spanish apartamiento (“separation, seclusion”). See apart and -ment.