apartment
noun
apart·ment
ə-ˈpärt-mənt 
plural apartments
1
: a room or set of rooms fitted especially with housekeeping facilities and usually leased as a dwelling
2
: a building containing several individual apartments
3
British
: a large and impressive room or set of rooms
—usually plural
Assured that the Queen and Prince Philip had retired to bed, Mr Hillyard tried to pass through the Royal apartments as the train left Aberdeen on its journey to London.—
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We lived in an apartment for several years before buying a house.
a spacious six-room apartment that occupies the entire upper floor of a two-family house
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Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
But he’s also been sued for unpaid bills, in recent years, by his Detroit apartment’s landlord, a dentist, and his barber.
—Danny Funt, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
Released on Netflix in September 2020, the film revolves around a reclusive gamer, Joon-woo (Yoo Ah-in), who locks himself up inside his apartment after realizing that a deadly virus is raging outside.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
The arrangement was only supposed to last four to five months, but they were all cramped together in a one-bedroom apartment.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Apartment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apartment. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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apartment
noun
apart·ment
ə-ˈpärt-mənt
1
: a room or set of rooms used as a dwelling
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