apartment

noun apart·ment \ ə-ˈpärt-mənt \

Updated on: 21 May 2018

Definition of apartment

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

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apartmental

play \ə-ˌpärt-ˈmen-tᵊl\ adjective

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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 of apartment from the Web

And the Qatar fund and Brookfield have teamed up on several real estate deals in the United States and elsewhere in recent years, including Brookfield's retail and apartment complex, Manhattan West, now under construction on the West Side.

— Anchorage Daily News, "Kushner family is close to getting a bailout for troubled flagship tower by a company tied to Qatar’s government," 17 May 2018
Mehdi Khachani, the apartment complex's manager and Jessica's husband, filed the report after discovering the theft and viewing his property's surveillance video.

— howard cohen, miamiherald, "How should a two-time bike bandit be punished? A spanking will do, the victim says | Miami Herald," 16 May 2018
The courtyard at Union Berkley Riverfront looks more like a resort than an apartment complex in downtown Kansas City.

— sarah gish, kansascity, "Pickleball, saltwater pool, dog park? Tour KC's new riverfront luxury apartments | The Kansas City Star," 15 May 2018
Frey died a few blocks away at a nearby apartment complex.

— michael harriot, The Root, "‘White Caller Crime’: The Worst Wypipo Police Calls of All Time," 15 May 2018
Police released a security camera photograph on Tuesday of the suspect, who last was seen running north into a nearby apartment complex.

— azcentral, "Phoenix police seek help finding brass-knuckle robbery suspect," 15 May 2018
Plans for a 174-unit apartment complex for residents 55 and older at Diehl Road and Raymond Drive have been submitted to the city of Naperville by a company whose investors include Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico and his brother, Anthony.

— erin hegarty, Naperville Sun, "Proposed senior housing complex involves company that counts Chirico, mayor's brother as investors," 15 May 2018
Lizzie Hopkins, an aunt of Marable's, said rumors swirled that Marable and Brown had gone to the apartment complex with guns to retaliate against those who jumped him.

— ben finley, Fox News, "Police in Virginia fatally shoot suspect, 1 other in custody," 14 May 2018
The apartment complex would feature a fitness center, outdoor lounge area and a dog park.

— jeff rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "175 market rate apartments proposed for Brown Deer Original Village," 14 May 2018

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