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noun a flat ADJ. large, spacious | small | comfortable, luxury | modern | one-bedroomed, two-bedroomed, etc. | studio | first-floor, second-floor, etc. | basement, penthouse | holiday, self-catering VERB + APARTMENT buy | lease, rent We will be renting the apartment for a year. | live in, share, stay in I share an apartment with two friends. | look for I'm looking for an apartment on the east side of the city. | find | move into/out of APARTMENT + NOUN block, building, complex, house high-rise apartment blocks apartments: set of rooms ADJ. private, royal, state the private apartments of the imperial family
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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an apartment
apartment/flat
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/condo
( 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
Longman-Thesaurus
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apartment
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 )
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noun
flat:
I have a two bedroom apartment.
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