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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The investigation led the marshals to an apartment complex off South Lewis Avenue in Fayetteville, according to the release.
—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
We get thrown into the fray alongside them, as Arnett moves out of their plush home to a much smaller apartment in the city.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
While millennials chased minimalism—think capsule wardrobes and beige apartments—Gen Z is turning up the color saturation.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
According to Dias' statement on the GoFundMe, Owens' children were playing in a field next to the Ocala apartment complex when Lorincz began yelling at them and calling them racial slurs.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
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Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
We get thrown into the fray alongside them, as Arnett moves out of their plush home to a much smaller apartment in the city.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
While millennials chased minimalism—think capsule wardrobes and beige apartments—Gen Z is turning up the color saturation.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
According to Dias' statement on the GoFundMe, Owens' children were playing in a field next to the Ocala apartment complex when Lorincz began yelling at them and calling them racial slurs.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 21 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 23 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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