room
part of speech
noun (room, rooms; room — uncountable for «space»); verb (room — rare, to share a room)
meaning for a pupil
1) A room is a part of a building with walls, a floor and a ceiling, like a kitchen or a bedroom. tree →
2) Room means free space for someone or something. tree →
3) «Room for» can mean a chance, as in «room for improvement». tree →
sense in the lessons
a place or an equal group: rooms with some chairs or people each; or space left; rectangle rooms have area and perimeter; phrases «living room», «make room», «no room», «room for one more», «classroom»
examples
- The hotel has 20 rooms. tree →
- Each room has 2 beds. tree →
- There are 30 students in the room. tree →
- Is there room for 5 more? tree →
- Please tidy your room. tree →
- Make room for Grandma on the sofa. tree →
- The room is 12 feet long and 10 feet wide. tree →
- There's no room in the car for the dog. tree →
- Our school has a music room. tree →
- Your writing is good, but there is room for improvement. tree →
- But how light the room was! tree →
note
A group or a place: rooms × things each. Trap: «room for N more» means space left, not a count of rooms. «Room» meaning space is uncountable: «some room», «not much room».
In the corpora
- Some families pay children for extra jobs, like washing the car, but tidying your own room is just part of living together.
- Heating a room with the window open sends the warm air, and the money that paid for it, straight outside.
- Families move house for many reasons: a new job, more room, a cheaper rent, or because a tenancy ends.
- "Your room looks like a bomb's hit it" is an exaggeration meaning the room is very messy.
- Picture a living room in Melbourne: Dad sits you down and says, "Grandad is dying.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «room» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.