apartment

noun

ə-ˈpärt-mənt How to pronounce apartment (audio)
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as in penthouse
a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place a spacious six-room apartment that occupies the entire upper floor of a two-family house

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an area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall the museum sets aside this large central apartment to display special exhibitions

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Recent Examples of apartment The former Def Jam executive who claims Russell Simmons pinned her down and raped her inside his Manhattan apartment in the mid-1990s has revived her lawsuit against the music mogul after it was derailed by a federal judge last month. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2025 Khalil, a 30-year-old permanent U.S. resident who is married to an American citizen and hasn’t been charged with breaking any laws, was arrested outside his New York City apartment Saturday and faces deportation. — Cedar Attanasio, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025 Listen to this article A woman found dead in her Brooklyn apartment along with the decomposing body of her autistic 7-year-old son — who cops suspect may have starved to death — shut out the outside world after discovering her grandfather dead in the same apartment, relatives said Thursday. — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025 Later, she was locked in a bedroom in their New York apartment and raped again. — Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for apartment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apartment
  1. penthouse
  2. room
  3. condominium
  4. suite
  5. flat
  6. tenement
  7. condo
Noun
  • Here’s a look inside the most expensive penthouses in Andermatt.
    — Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The renovation will include a redesign of the lobby and grand penthouse, as well as 65 guest rooms.
    — Kristen Tauer, WWD, 7 Mar. 2025
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  • By the time the players got there a couple of hours later, a meeting room had been set up and Howe was waiting.
    — George Caulkin, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Simeone asked journalists himself in the room after the topic was raised.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of room
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  • Developers, particularly in the condominium sector, face increasing uncertainty and diminishing profitability, causing hesitation and delay.
    — Ali Hoss, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Then one day news arrives that La Fortuna is being demolished to make room for a high-rise condominium designed by a trendy architect named Nick (Dylan McDermott), and Gwen starts writing anonymous letters to a newspaper in protest.
    — Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of condominium
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  • Either way, the Broncos are armed with cap space and a full suite of draft picks.
    — Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Photo : Courtesy Bonneau Ansley/Ansley Real Estate Christie’s International The primary suite.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of suite
Noun
  • Think mini dresses, pleated skirts, ballet flats, and fleece jackets in grays, whites, blacks, reds, and pinks.
    — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Silvia Venturini Fendi went so far as to devise ballerina-style flats for Fendi’s menswear collection.
    — Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of flat
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  • Three young men with resplendent Afros pose by a Spanish Harlem tenement that has been adorned with a vibrant street mural.
    — Arthur Lubow, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Hamas massacre, the tenements in the West End were turned into rubble by the politicians and developers.
    — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Definition of tenement
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  • That’s little comfort for residents like Mark Polinsky, 72, who in January almost lost his condo near Fashion Valley to a possible encampment fire.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
  • From these vantage points, old and new Aspen converge in a panoramic sweep of mountains that have towered here for eons, rooftops of condos that sprang up in recent years, a swirl of tourists mingling with longtime locals.
    — Spencer Elliott, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
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