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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The project needed $1,000 to furnish each apartment.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 25 July 2025
The film, which debuted at the 2024 South by Southwest Film Festival, follows eight Rhode Island artists who, in 2003, created a secret apartment in a hidden space within the Providence Place Mall and lived there for four years.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 24 July 2025
Then the city allowed apartments to be built on Huerfano Avenue without enough parking.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2025
And while some places have updated their zoning to allow duplexes and apartments, trying to change the rules is often controversial, time-consuming and costly.
—Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 24 July 2025
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Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 25 July 2025
The film, which debuted at the 2024 South by Southwest Film Festival, follows eight Rhode Island artists who, in 2003, created a secret apartment in a hidden space within the Providence Place Mall and lived there for four years.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 24 July 2025
Then the city allowed apartments to be built on Huerfano Avenue without enough parking.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2025
And while some places have updated their zoning to allow duplexes and apartments, trying to change the rules is often controversial, time-consuming and costly.
—Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 24 July 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 31 Jul. 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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