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Apartment
An apartment (American English), flat (British English) or unit (Australian English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies only part of a building, generally on a single storey. There are many names for these overall buildings, see below. The housing tenure of apartments also varies considerably, from large-scale public housing, to owner occupancy within what is legally a condominium (strata title or commonhold), to tenants renting from a private landlord (see leasehold estate).
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Apartment (noun)
A complete domicile occupying only part of a building.
“apartment dwellers”
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Apartment (noun)
A suite of rooms within a domicile, designated for a specific person or persons and including a bedroom.
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Apartment (noun)
A division of an enclosure that is separate from others; a compartment
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Apartment (noun)
A Objects in one apartment cannot directly access those in another, but must use a proxy.
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Flat (adjective)
Having no variations in height.
“The land around here is flat.”
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Flat (adjective)
Without variations in pitch.
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Flat (adjective)
Describing certain features, usually the breasts and/or buttocks, that are extremely small or not visible at all.
“That girl is completely flat on both sides.”
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Flat (adjective)
Lowered by one semitone.
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Flat (adjective)
Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
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Flat (adjective)
Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
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Flat (adjective)
Uninteresting.
“The party was a bit flat.”
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Flat (adjective)
Of a carbonated drink, with all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
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Flat (adjective)
Lacking acidity without being sweet.
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Flat (adjective)
Unable to emit power; dead.
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Flat (adjective)
Without spin; spinless.
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Flat (adjective)
Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; dull and boring.
“The market is flat.”
“The dialogue in your screenplay is flat — you need to make it more exciting.”
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Flat (adjective)
Absolute; downright; peremptory.
“His claim was in flat contradiction to experimental results.”
“I’m not going to the party and that’s flat.”
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Flat (adjective)
sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant
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Flat (adjective)
Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign “to”.
“Many flat adverbs, as in ‘run fast’, ‘buy cheap’, etc. are from Old English.”
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Flat (adjective)
Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
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Flat (adjective)
Flattening at the ends.
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Flat (adjective)
Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
“round”
“The author created the site to flesh out the books’ flatter characters, who were actually quite well developed in her own mind.”
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Flat (adverb)
So as to be flat.
“Spread the tablecloth flat over the table.”
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Flat (adverb)
Bluntly.
“I asked him if he wanted to marry me and he turned me down flat.”
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Flat (adverb)
Not exceeding.
“He can run a mile in four minutes flat.”
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Flat (adverb)
Completely.
“I am flat broke this month.”
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Flat (adverb)
Directly; flatly.
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Flat (adverb)
Without allowance for accrued interest.
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Flat (noun)
An area of level ground.
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Flat (noun)
A note played a semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ sign placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
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Flat (noun)
A flat tyre/tire.
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Flat (noun)
A type of ladies’ shoes with very low heels.
“She liked to walk in her flats more than in her high heels.”
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Flat (noun)
A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
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Flat (noun)
A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolor/watercolour painting.
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Flat (noun)
The flat part of something:
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Flat (noun)
The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
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Flat (noun)
A wide, shallow container.
“a flat of strawberries”
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Flat (noun)
A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
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Flat (noun)
A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
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Flat (noun)
A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
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Flat (noun)
A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
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Flat (noun)
A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
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Flat (noun)
A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
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Flat (noun)
A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
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Flat (noun)
A dull fellow; a simpleton.
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Flat (noun)
A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin that depicts a building or other part of a scene, also called backcloth and backdrop.
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Flat (noun)
An apartment, usually on one level and usually consisting of more than one room.
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Flat (verb)
To make a raising.
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Flat (verb)
To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
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Flat (verb)
To fall from the pitch.
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Flat (verb)
To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
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Flat (verb)
To make flat; to flatten; to level.
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Flat (verb)
To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.
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Apartment (noun)
a flat, typically one that is well appointed or used for holidays
“self-catering holiday apartments”
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Apartment (noun)
a suite of rooms forming one residence; a flat
“the family lived in a rented apartment”
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Apartment (noun)
a block of apartments
“a district of six-storey apartments arranged along narrow streets”
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Apartment (noun)
a set of private rooms in a very large house
“the Imperial apartments”
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Flat (adjective)
having a level surface; without raised areas or indentations
“he sat down on a flat rock”
“trim the surface of the cake to make it completely flat”
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Flat (adjective)
(of land) without hills
“thirty-five acres of flat countryside”
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Flat (adjective)
(of an expanse of water) calm and without waves.
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Flat (adjective)
not sloping
“the flat roof of a garage”
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Flat (adjective)
having a broad level surface but little height or depth; shallow
“a flat rectangular box”
“a flat cap”
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Flat (adjective)
(of shoes) without heels or with very low heels.
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Flat (adjective)
lacking emotion; dull and lifeless
“‘I’m sorry,’ he said, in a flat voice”
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Flat (adjective)
(of a person) without energy or enthusiasm
“his sense of intoxication wore off until he felt flat and weary”
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Flat (adjective)
(of trade, prices, etc.) not showing much activity; sluggish
“the UK housing market was flat”
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Flat (adjective)
(of a colour) uniform
“a flat shade of grey”
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Flat (adjective)
(of a photograph or negative) lacking contrast.
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Flat (adjective)
(of a sparkling drink) having lost its effervescence
“she sipped some of the flat champagne”
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Flat (adjective)
(of something kept inflated, especially a tyre) having lost some or all of its air, typically because of a puncture.
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Flat (adjective)
(of a battery) having exhausted its charge.
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Flat (adjective)
(of a fee, wage, or price) the same in all cases, not varying with changed conditions or in particular cases
“a flat fare of £2.50”
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Flat (adjective)
(of a denial, contradiction, or refusal) completely definite and firm; absolute
“the request was met with a flat refusal”
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Flat (adjective)
(of musical sound) below true or normal pitch.
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Flat (adjective)
(of a key) having a flat or flats in the signature.
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Flat (adjective)
(of a note) a semitone lower than a specified note
“E flat”
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Flat (adjective)
relating to flat racing
“the Flat season”
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Flat (adverb)
in or to a horizontal position
“she had been knocked flat by the blast”
“he was lying flat on his back”
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Flat (adverb)
lying in close juxtaposition, especially against another surface
“his black curly hair was blown flat across his skull”
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Flat (adverb)
so as to become smooth and even
“I hammered the metal flat”
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Flat (adverb)
completely; absolutely
“I thought you’d turn me down flat”
“Myers was flat broke”
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Flat (adverb)
used with an expression of time to emphasize how quickly something can be done or has been done
“you can prepare a healthy meal in ten minutes flat”
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Flat (adverb)
below the true or normal pitch of musical sound
“it wasn’t a question of singing flat, but of simply singing the wrong notes”
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Flat (noun)
the flat part of something
“she placed the flat of her hand over her glass”
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Flat (noun)
an area of low level ground, especially near water
“the shingle flats of the lake”
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Flat (noun)
a shallow container in which seedlings are grown and sold.
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Flat (noun)
a shoe with a very low heel or no heel
“she wore a white strapless dress and a pair of electric blue flats”
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Flat (noun)
a railway wagon with a flat floor and no sides or roof; a flatcar.
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Flat (noun)
an upright section of stage scenery mounted on a movable frame.
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Flat (noun)
a flat tyre
“I’ve got a flat—there were nails under the wheel”
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Flat (noun)
flat racing.
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Flat (noun)
a musical note lowered a semitone below natural pitch.
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Flat (noun)
the sign ♭, indicating a flat.
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Flat (noun)
a set of rooms forming an individual residence, typically on one floor and within a larger building containing a number of such residences.
“a block of flats”
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Flat (verb)
lower (a note) by a semitone
“‘blue’ harmony emphasizing the flatted third and seventh”
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Flat (verb)
make flat; flatten
“flat the loaves down”
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Flat (verb)
live in or share a flat
“Zoë flats in Auckland”