apartment

Everyday

1. An apartment is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a bigger building. tree →
2. Apartments can also mean a set of rooms for a special use, such as royal apartments in a palace. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life it is a common type of home, especially in cities: an apartment building or block, a top-floor apartment. In safety lessons: use the stairs, not the lift, in a fire; know your apartment number. In maths problems apartments are counted by floors (6 floors × 4 apartments each).

Examples

• We live in an apartment on the fifth floor. tree →
• The apartment building has a lift and a laundry. tree →
• Our apartment has two bedrooms and a balcony. tree →
• My cousins moved to a bigger apartment. tree →
• Each floor has 4 apartments, so 6 floors have 24 apartments. tree →
• Pets are not allowed in some apartments. tree →
• They penetrated into the apartments and halls of the palace. tree →

Note

Countable. In American English «apartment» is usual; in British English «flat» is more common for the same thing. Do not confuse with «department» (a part of a shop, school or government).