apartment

apartment
a‧part‧ment S2 W3 /əˈpɑːtmənt $ -ɑːr-/ noun [countable]1. especially American English a set of rooms on one floor of a large building, where someone lives
   SYN  flat British English:
    She lives in a small apartment.
2. [usually plural] a room or set of rooms used by an important person such as a president:
    I had never been in the prince’s private apartments before.
    the presidential apartments
     

COLLOCATIONS

■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + apartment
   ▪ a one-bedroom/two-bedroom etc apartment (also one-bedroomed/two-bedroomed apartment British English) A tiny one-bedroom apartment was all she could afford.
   ▪ a studio apartment (=with just one main room, which you use for sleeping, cooking, and eating) Studio apartments can be a good option for those who want a cheap place in a good location.
   ▪ a first-floor/second-floor etc apartment We had a fourth-floor apartment, and it was difficult going up and down all those stairs.
   ▪ a basement apartment (=below the level of the ground) a dark basement apartment
   ▪ a penthouse apartment (=on the top floor of a building) She bought a penthouse apartment in Santa Monica.
   ▪ a luxury apartment The school has been converted into luxury apartments.
   ▪ a furnished/unfurnished apartment (=with or without furniture) a luxurious two-bedroomed unfurnished apartment situated in the heart of town
   ▪ a holiday apartment British English, a vacation apartment American English We rented a holiday apartment on Mallorca.
■ verbs
   ▪ live in an apartment He lived in a small apartment on the third floor.
   ▪ buy/rent an apartment Tom rented an apartment at the top of the building.
   ▪ share an apartment I’m sharing the apartment with a group of friends.
   ▪ own an apartment My parents own an apartment in Madrid.
   ▪ move into/out of an apartment (=start living in a new apartment, or leave an apartment in order to live somewhere else) They moved into the apartment last Easter.
■ NOUN + apartment
   ▪ an apartment building (also an apartment block British English, apartment house American English) a five-storey apartment block | Our apartment building is the last block on the right, opposite the bank.
   ▪ an apartment complex (=a group of buildings containing apartments)
     

THESAURUS

■ an apartment
   ▪ apartment especially American English, flat British English a set of rooms where someone lives that is part of a house or bigger building. In British English, people usually say flat. Apartment is used about large and expensive flats, or in advertisements: His apartment is on the eighth floor. | In London, I shared a flat with some other students.
   ▪ condominium (also condo informal) American English one apartment in a building with several apartments, owned by the people who live in them: a 10-unit condominium complex