Meaning & use
apartment
A self-contained set of rooms for living in, usually forming part of a larger building.
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They rented a small apartment on the third floor of an old brick building.
After graduation, she shared an apartment with two friends near the university.
A note on using this word
American English generally prefers 'apartment,' while British English favors 'flat' for the same thing.
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