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a·part·ment / əˈpärtmənt/ (abbr.: apt.) • n. a suite of rooms forming one residence, typically in a building containing a number of these. ∎  a large building containing such suites; an apartment building. ∎  (apartments) a suite of rooms in a very large or grand house set aside for the private use of a monarch or noble: the Imperial apartments.ORIGIN: mid 17th cent. (denoting a suite of rooms for the use of a particular person or group): from French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from appartare ‘to separate,’ from a parte ‘apart.’

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