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.—
Jonathan Petre
Jonathan PetreExamples of apartment in a Sentence
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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In those intervening 35 years, China had moved 800 million rural peasants — living in extreme poverty on US$2 a day — into city apartments and integrated them into the global economy.
—Peter Leyden, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
The shape and layout of shopping mall buildings is often an obstacle for said transformation, lacking enough ventilation or natural light for apartments, making only part of the structure—often the external one—suitable for the conversion.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
On a street named Gaza lives Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a top-floor apartment near a sushi restaurant.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
Upstairs, themed guest suites and a glass elevator add character and convenience, while the sprawling lower level includes a private spa and gym, a guest or staff apartment, and a garden lounge with a full wall of glass overlooking the lake.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2025
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Peter Leyden, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
The shape and layout of shopping mall buildings is often an obstacle for said transformation, lacking enough ventilation or natural light for apartments, making only part of the structure—often the external one—suitable for the conversion.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
On a street named Gaza lives Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a top-floor apartment near a sushi restaurant.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
Upstairs, themed guest suites and a glass elevator add character and convenience, while the sprawling lower level includes a private spa and gym, a guest or staff apartment, and a garden lounge with a full wall of glass overlooking the lake.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for apartment
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“Apartment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apartment. Accessed 9 Oct. 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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