apartment
[noun]
Synonyms: room, accommodation, flat, living quarters, penthouse, quarters, rooms, suite

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English Thesaurus: house, detached house, semi-detached house, terraced house, townhouse, ...

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a‧part‧ment S2 W3 /əˈpɑːtmənt $ -ɑːr-/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: appartement, from Italian appartamento, from appartare 'to put aside, separate']

1. especially American English a set of rooms on one floor of a large building, where someone lives Synonym : flat British English:
She lives in a small apartment.

2. [usually plural] a room or set of rooms used by an important person such as a president:
I had never been in the prince’s private apartments before.
the presidential apartments

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apartment
noun
I. a flat
ADJ. large, spacious | small | comfortable, luxury | modern | one-bedroomed, two-bedroomed, etc. | studio | first-floor, second-floor, etc. | basement, penthouse | holiday, self-catering
VERB + APARTMENT buy | lease, rent We will be renting the apartment for a year.
live in, share, stay in I share an apartment with two friends.
look for I'm looking for an apartment on the east side of the city.
find | move into/out of
APARTMENT + NOUN block, building, complex, house high-rise apartment blocks

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apartment
II. apartments: set of rooms
ADJ. private, royal, state the private apartments of the imperial family

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apartment

a one-bedroom/two-bedroom etc apartment (also one-bedroomed/two-bedroomed apartment British English)
A tiny one-bedroom apartment was all she could afford.
a studio apartment (=with just one main room, which you use for sleeping, cooking, and eating)
Studio apartments can be a good option for those who want a cheap place in a good location.
a first-floor/second-floor etc apartment
We had a fourth-floor apartment, and it was difficult going up and down all those stairs.
a basement apartment (=below the level of the ground)
a dark basement apartment
a penthouse apartment (=on the top floor of a building)
She bought a penthouse apartment in Santa Monica.
a luxury apartment
The school has been converted into luxury apartments.
a furnished/unfurnished apartment (=with or without furniture)
a luxurious two-bedroomed unfurnished apartment situated in the heart of town
a holiday apartment British English, a vacation apartment American English
We rented a holiday apartment on Mallorca.
live in an apartment
He lived in a small apartment on the third floor.
buy/rent an apartment
Tom rented an apartment at the top of the building.
share an apartment
I’m sharing the apartment with a group of friends.
own an apartment
My parents own an apartment in Madrid.
move into/out of an apartment (=start living in a new apartment, or leave an apartment in order to live somewhere else)
They moved into the apartment last Easter.
an apartment building (also an apartment block British English, apartment house American English)
a five-storey apartment block
Our apartment building is the last block on the right, opposite the bank.
an apartment complex (=a group of buildings containing apartments)

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house a building that someone lives in, especially one that is intended for one family, person, or couple to live in:
Annie and Rick have just bought their first house.
The price of houses is going up all the time.
detached house British English a house that is not joined to another house:
a detached four-bedroomed house
semi-detached house British English a house that is joined to another house on one side
terraced house British English, row house American English one of a row of houses that are joined together
townhouse one of a row of houses that are joined together. In British English, townhouse is often used about a large and impressive house in a fashionable area of a city:
an 18th-century townhouse in Bath
cottage a small house in the country – used especially about houses in the UK:
a little cottage in the country
a thatched cottage (=with a roof made of straw)
bungalow a small house that is all on one level:
Bungalows are suitable for many elderly people.
country house a large house in the countryside, especially one that is of historical interest:
The hotel was originally an Edwardian country house.
mansion a very large house:
the family’s Beverly Hills mansion
mobile home (also trailer American English) a type of house that can be pulled by a large vehicle and moved to another place
ranch house American English a long narrow house that is all on one level:
a California ranch house
duplex American English a house that is divided into two separate homes
apartment especially American English, flat British English a set of rooms where someone lives that is part of a house or bigger building. In British English, people usually say flat. Apartment is used about large and expensive flats, or in advertisements:
His apartment is on the eighth floor.
In London, I shared a flat with some other students.
condominium (also condo informal) American English one apartment in a building with several apartments, owned by the people who live in them:
a 10-unit condominium complex
development a group of new houses or other buildings that are all planned and built together on the same piece of land:
The site is to be used for a new housing development.
estate British English an area where a large group of houses have all been built together at the same time:
She grew up on a council estate in Leeds.

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