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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Pets belonging to people who are deported or flee are being left in empty apartments, dumped into the laps of unprepared friends and dropped off at overcrowded shelters, The Times found.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
But one apartment on the first floor has a bad odor that emanates from it when walking past the door.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2025
But one apartment on the first floor has a bad odor that emanates from it.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 12 July 2025
Authorities also said that a garbage truck that collected waste from behind the suspect's apartment on May 13 led investigators to the landfill, the outlet reported, citing the complaint.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 11 July 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
But one apartment on the first floor has a bad odor that emanates from it when walking past the door.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2025
But one apartment on the first floor has a bad odor that emanates from it.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 12 July 2025
Authorities also said that a garbage truck that collected waste from behind the suspect's apartment on May 13 led investigators to the landfill, the outlet reported, citing the complaint.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 11 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 16 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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