condo

noun

con·​do ˈkän-(ˌ)dō How to pronounce condo (audio)
plural condos
: condominium sense 3: such as
a
: a unit in a multiunit structure (such as an apartment building) or on land owned in common (such as a town house complex)
He lives with his wife … in a really great condo with a really great view of Boston Harbor.Wendy Wasserstein
b
: a building containing condominiums
Pastel condos dot the hills, and chili stores and sweet "shoppes" line the main drag.Ted Fishman

Examples of condo in a Sentence

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The neighborhood is home to Brooklyn’s largest public-housing complex, a Tesla dealership, the only IKEA in the five boroughs, and modern brutalist condos alongside weathered cottages, remnants of the nineteenth-century maritime trade. Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 9 May 2025 Brokers say that buyers, many of them from Manhattan, have been flooding the Brooklyn Heights–Boerum Hill–Cobble Hill–Carroll Gardens area, and a lot of them, unlike those in the market for condos and co-ops, are often willing to take on renovations. Kim Velsey, Curbed, 8 May 2025 Save for a few ZIP codes in Miami-Dade County, condo home values experienced a significant drop from March 2024 to March 2025, with some areas seeing a drop by nearly 20%. Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 7 May 2025 The requirements caused fees to surge for condo owners, with many struggling to keep up with costs. James Bickerton shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for condo

Word History

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of condo was in 1964

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“Condo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/condo. Accessed 20 May. 2025.

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condo

noun
con·​do ˈkän-dō How to pronounce condo (audio)
plural condos

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