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apartment

noun

ə-ˈpärt-mənt How to pronounce apartment (audio)
Definition of apartmentnext
1
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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2
as in room
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 If the person continued to live in that apartment for the next 15 years, their risk for mesothelioma would rise to 1 in 10, which is 1,000 times above the EPA’s threshold. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026 After Joshua’s death, in 2024, the family sold the apartment. — John Seabrook, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026 The couple rented the apartment in 1980 after Farmer saw a listing in the Village Voice. — Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 19 Sep. 2026 Officers responding to a 911 call at the apartment on Linden Blvd. — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for apartment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apartment
  1. penthouse
  2. room
  3. lodgings
  4. condominium
  5. suite
  6. flat
  7. tenement
  8. condo
Noun
  • The roughly 5,700-square-foot penthouse has five bedrooms, large open living and entertaining areas, and two south-facing terraces overlooking London’s rooftops.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The penthouses at the Pagani Residences, which is under construction in the causeway town of North Bay Village, come with a special edition Pagani hypercar worth around $3 million.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of penthouse
Noun
  • Aquarius January 20 – February 18 A creative instinct may want more room than the current plan allows.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Give the moment enough room to be ordinary before turning it into a conclusion about yourself.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of room
Noun
  • The gift was reported last week by ProPublica, which included renting out a private island for the reception and guest lodgings.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Perhaps not, but on Sunday night as Europe loaded the bus for the trip back to their lodgings, team helper Dame Laura Davies, who won four Solheim Cups as a player and three as a vice-captain, appeared with a case of Heinekens.
    — Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of lodgings
Noun
  • The court held that by moving ahead with the installation before resolving the application dispute and seeking approval of at least 75% of thecommunity, the owners violated state law and the condominium’s declaration.
    — Nicole R. Kurtz, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Family-owned and -operated since 1994, the place consists of 20 guest rooms, three condominium units, and even a waterfront gazebo house.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of condominium
Noun
  • There are 795 rooms here, including 58 suites, and every one of them has a private lanai (a Hawaiian balcony or veranda) with either a garden or an ocean view.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Book Alaska or holiday cruises, new ships, limited-availability suites, and unusual itineraries at least 12 to 18 months in advance—ideally when reservations first open.
    — Erica Silverstein, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of suite
Noun
  • Across the rugged landscape that has made Yemen famed for its beauty, videos of the fighting over the last few days showed men dying violently on craggy mountains and on barren desert flats.
    — Kareem Fahim, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
  • For those looking to recreate the outfit, shoe brands like Maria Luca and Petite Mendigote offer burgundy flats with dainty anklets already attached to the shoes.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of flat
Noun
  • The story ranges from Chicago's tenement slums to the private mansions of the president of the United States and the sultan of Morocco.
    — Paul Dailing, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Jet fuel burns as hot as kerosene — twice as hot as wood — and firefighters battle kerosene fires every day in the basements of tenements all over the city.
    — Peter Wilkinson, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of tenement
Noun
  • With its open kitchen, family room and sunroom that opened onto a deck, the four-bedroom, $460,000 condo in the nearby suburb of Hudsonville checked every box.
    — Emily Elconin for CNN, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The video, which was captured from The Mark on Brickell Bay, a nearby condo building, showed one of the cars in flames and a plume of black smoke.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026
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“Apartment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apartment. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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