apartment

noun

apart·ment ə-ˈpärt-mənt

plural apartments

Synonyms of apartment next

: a room or set of rooms fitted especially with housekeeping facilities and usually leased as a dwelling

: a building containing several individual apartments

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

apartmental

ə-ˌpärt-ˈmen-tᵊl

adjective

Examples 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

Recent Examples on the Web Cecil Beaton’s New York apartment at the St. Regis. —

Jermaine Gallacher, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2023 Upon his return, his wife had died as a result of her drug addiction following her eviction from the apartment Harris's lawyers claim Chicago police forced her to move into during the investigation into her husband. —

Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2023 Given your ambivalence about the relationship, the prudent thing to do would be to have a straightforward conversation and sort through these issues — starting with the apartment. —

Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023 Our homes and apartments, even our campfires, leave traces in the ground that someone, someday, will be able to find. —

WIRED, 28 Sep. 2023 The rent price was calculated off the cost of a one-bedroom home or apartment located within a city center and out of the city center and three-bedroom homes or apartments in the same proximity. —

Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2023 As of right now, the world’s tallest skyscraper is known as Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, a building that houses a hotel, some apartments, office space, restaurants and more. —

Lizzy Rosenberg, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2023 The apartment, at the bohemian crossroads of the East Village, Noho and Nolita neighborhoods, is listed with Michael Koeneke of Compass. —

Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2023 Those resiliency measures include raising the Harborwalk in front of the Harbor Point apartments and installing a new stormwater management system. —

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