a room or a group of related rooms, among similar sets in one building, designed for use as a dwelling.
a building containing or made up of such rooms.
any separated room or group of rooms in a house or other dwelling: We heard cries from an apartment at the back of the house.
apartments,British. a set of rooms used as a dwelling by one person or one family.
Origin of apartment
1635–45; <French appartement<Italian appartamento, equivalent to apparta(re) to separate, divide (verbal derivative of a parteapart, to one side) + -mento-ment
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It’s not easy working from home with kids, or being alone in your apartment.
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He was born in an apartment above the grocery store owned by his immigrant parents in South Jamaica, Queens.
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“Bodegas, private residences, apartment buildings, you name it,” the investigator says.
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At 24, I slipped on the ice outside of my Michigan apartment.
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Magazines are the only thing in my apartment that qualify as clutter.
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And there are a few nice things buried beneath the rubble that I could use in my apartment.
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Descending toward the left, we approach one of the most singularly beautiful groups of stalactites in this apartment.
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The lads followed Mr. Welfare into the hall, and after closing and barring the door he led the way to an apartment on the left.
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Without the formality of knocking, they entered an apartment on the fourth floor where a woman stood washing dishes.
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Augustus also placed another statue of him in his bed-chamber, and used to kiss it as often as he entered the apartment.
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One glance at the apartment gave me a general idea of its character.
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British Dictionary definitions for apartment
apartment
/ (əˈpɑːtmənt) /
noun
(often plural)any room in a building, usually one of several forming a suite, esp one that is spacious and well furnished and used as living accommodation, offices, etc
another name (esp US and Canadian) for flat 2 (def. 1)
(as modifier)apartment building; apartment house
Word Origin for apartment
C17: from French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from appartare to set on one side, separate