apartment

noun

apart·​ment ə-ˈpärt-mənt How to pronounce apartment (audio)
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.Jonathan Petre
apartmental adjective

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 on the Web In addition, the family claims, the apartment complex kept Farrer’s security deposit. Chris Morris, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024 While El Mirage Housing will get $10.6 million in federal pandemic relief funds, officials in Scottsdale are wondering what happened to the nearly $7 million grant the county board initially planned to spend on a 28-low-cost apartment complex called The Residence at Paiute. Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024 The contemplative, dreamy drama follows Adam (Andrew Scott), a gay man who shares a massive apartment complex with one other resident, Harry (Paul Mescal). Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2024 In total, the proposal calls for 572 condominiums and 949 apartments, with at least 214 units set aside as low-income housing. Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024 The century-old industrial facility was reimagined with hundreds of apartments, a destination food hall and the popular Aces Pickleball + Kitchen. The Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2024 What the video does not clearly show, according to his attorneys, is that at the time the officer entered the apartment, Jay was talking on the phone, holding his device in his left hand. Katie Mettler, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024 The Black Excellence Brunch grew out of Thomas’ apartment and is now a sought after ticket – even internationally. Lisa Respers France, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024 In his apartment, Paules has a minute fraction of that total, but more than enough to sustain his hobby. Joe Heim, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

French appartement, from Italian appartamento

First Known Use

circa 1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of apartment was circa 1645

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Cite this Entry

“Apartment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apartment. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

apartment

noun
apart·​ment ə-ˈpärt-mənt How to pronounce apartment (audio)
1
: a room or set of rooms used as a dwelling
2

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