APARTMENT


Meaning of APARTMENT in English

noun

1 ( esp. AmE ) a flat

ADJECTIVE

▪ large , spacious

▪ cramped , small , tiny

▪ cozy ( AmE )

▪ comfortable , luxury

▪ dingy , shabby

Colin lives in a dingy one-room ~ with his pet turtles.

▪ modern

▪ one-bedroom, two-bedroom, etc. , one-bedroomed, two-bedroomed, etc. ( BrE )

▪ studio

▪ first-floor , second-floor , etc.

▪ downstairs , upstairs

the people who live in the upstairs ~

▪ basement , loft , penthouse

▪ high-rise

Larger cities have many high-rise ~s.

▪ rental ( AmE ), rented

▪ empty

▪ holiday , self-catering (both BrE )

VERB + APARTMENT

▪ buy

▪ lease , rent , sublet

We will be renting the ~ for a year.

▪ live in , share , stay in

I share an ~ with two friends.

▪ look for

I'm looking for an ~ on the east side of the city.

▪ find

▪ move into , move out of

▪ clean , decorate , furnish , renovate

APARTMENT + NOUN

▪ block ( BrE ), building ( AmE ), complex , house ( AmE )

high-rise ~ buildings

▪ living

▪ dweller

Apartment dwellers can participate in community gardens.

2 apartments ( BrE ) set of rooms

ADJECTIVE

▪ private , royal , state

the private ~s of the imperial family

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .