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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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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Erin Clack, People.com, 25 May 2025
The hope is that the two will settle many of their most serious conflicts ahead of their January 2 trial date.
September 27, 2023: Turner is photographed leaving a Tribeca apartment that reportedly belongs to none other than Taylor Swift.
—Glamour, 24 May 2025
Two suspects have been arrested and charged in connection with the kidnapping and torture of a cryptocurrency business partner in a SoHo luxury apartment in New York City, according to the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and local media reports.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025
Read Next North Carolina Man lured from apartment and killed in 2023, NC officials say.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 23 May 2025
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“Apartment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apartment. Accessed 28 May. 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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