apartment
part of speech
noun (an apartment, apartments)
meaning for a pupil
1) An apartment is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a bigger building. tree →
2) Apartments can also mean a set of rooms for a special use, such as royal apartments in a palace. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life it is a common type of home, especially in cities: an apartment building or block, a top-floor apartment. In safety lessons: use the stairs, not the lift, in a fire; know your apartment number. In maths problems apartments are counted by floors (6 floors × 4 apartments each).
examples
- We live in an apartment on the fifth floor. tree →
- The apartment building has a lift and a laundry. tree →
- Our apartment has two bedrooms and a balcony. tree →
- My cousins moved to a bigger apartment. tree →
- Each floor has 4 apartments, so 6 floors have 24 apartments. tree →
- Pets are not allowed in some apartments. tree →
- They penetrated into the apartments and halls of the palace. tree →
note
Countable. In American English «apartment» is usual; in British English «flat» is more common for the same thing. Do not confuse with «department» (a part of a shop, school or government).
Trees and pragmatics
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