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apartment
noun
a
set
of
rooms
,
usually
on
one
floor
of
a
larger
building
,
where
a
person
or
family
lives
.
•
After
college
,
Mia
rented
her
first
apartment
in
the
city
center
.
After
college
,
Mia
rented
her
first
apartment
in
the
city
center
.
•
The
smell
of
fresh
coffee
drifted
through
the
apartment
on
Sunday
morning
.
The
smell
of
fresh
coffee
drifted
through
the
apartment
on
Sunday
morning
.
Borrowed
into
American
English
in
the
17th
century
from
French
"
appartement
",
itself
from
Italian
"
appartamento
",
related
to
"
appartare
" (
to
separate
),
originally
describing
separate
sets
of
rooms
.
noun
a
grand
or
special
set
of
rooms
for
an
important
person
in
a
palace
,
large
house
,
or
hotel
.
•
The
king
withdrew
to
his
private
apartment
after
the
ceremony
.
The
king
withdrew
to
his
private
apartment
after
the
ceremony
.
•
Visitors
can
tour
the
royal
apartments
at
the
castle
.
Visitors
can
tour
the
royal
apartments
at
the
castle
.
Same
origin
as
the
modern
meaning
—
derived
from
French
"
appartement
"—
but
historically
referred
to
separate
suites
of
rooms
in
palaces
.
