noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/əˈpɑːt.mənt/
UK:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:ə-pärt'mənt
General-American:/əˈpɑɹt.mənt/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tmənt
CMU ARPABET:AH0 P AA1 R T M AH0 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Canada, Philippines, US
Examples
apartment dwellers
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noun
Meaning 2
A suite of rooms within a domicile, designated for a specific person or persons and including a bedroom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A room within a house.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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4
noun
Meaning 4
A division of an enclosure that is separate from others; a compartment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Examples
1883 April 23, Slawson v. Grand Street R. Co., 107 U.S. 649, 2 S.Ct. 663, 664, The specification described the ordinary fare-box used in street cars and omnibuses, consisting of two apartments, the one directly above the other.... [T]he passenger deposited his fare in an aperture in the top of the upper apartment. It fell upon and was arrested by a movable platform.... This platform turned on an axis acted on by a lever. When turned, the fare fell into the lower apartment, which was a receptacle for holding the fares accumulated....
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noun
Meaning 5
A conceptual space used for separation in the threading architecture. Objects in one apartment cannot directly access those in another, but must use a proxy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract