Definizione di room

Frequenza

room

(ruːm , rʊm )

parola: plural, 3rd person singular present tense rooms , present participle rooming , past tense, past participle roomed

1. sostantivo numerabile

A room is one of the separate sections or parts of the inside of a building. Rooms have their own walls, ceilings, floors, and doors, and are usually used for particular activities. You can refer to all the people who are in a room as the room.

A minute later he excused himself and left the room.

Downstairs are two small rooms: a kitchen and a sitting room.

The largest conference room could seat 5,000 people.

The whole room roared with laughter.

Sinonimi: chamber, office, apartment [US], r%m [text messaging] Ulteriori sinonimi di room

2. sostantivo numerabile

If you talk about your room, you are referring to the room that you alone use, especially your bedroom at home or your office at work.

If you're running upstairs, go to my room and bring down my sweater, please.

3. sostantivo numerabile

A room is a bedroom in a hotel.

Toni booked a room in an hotel not far from Arzfeld.

4. verbo

If you room with someone, you share a rented room, apartment, or house with them, for example when you are a student.

[US]

I had roomed with him in New Haven when we were both at Yale Law School. [VERB + with]

[Also V together]

Sinonimi: lodge, live, stay, board Ulteriori sinonimi di room

5. sostantivo non numerabile

If there is room somewhere, there is enough empty space there for people or things to be fitted in, or for people to move freely or do what they want to.

There is usually room to accommodate up to 80 visitors.

There wasn't enough room in the baggage compartment for all the gear.

The old artist's studio is a brilliant place for a party with a high ceiling and plenty of room.

Sinonimi: space, area, territory, volume Ulteriori sinonimi di room

6. See also leg room, standing room

7. sostantivo non numerabile

If there is room for a particular kind of behaviour or action, people are able to behave in that way or to take that action.

The intensity of the work left little room for personal grief or anxiety. [+ for]

Once the plaster was dry there was no room for correction.

There's lots of room to express yourself creatively.

Sinonimi: opportunity, freedom, scope, leeway Ulteriori sinonimi di room

room for manoeuvre

10. to give something houseroom

Frequenza

room in American

(rum ; ro̅om; rʊm ; room)

sostantivo

space, esp. enough space, to contain something or in which to do something

room for one more, room to move around in

suitable scope or opportunity

room for doubt

a space within a building enclosed by walls or separated from other similar spaces by walls or partitions

4. [pl.]

living quarters; lodgings; apartment

the people gathered together in a room

6. Obsolete

a position or office

verbo intransitivo US

to occupy living quarters; have lodgings; lodge

verbo transitivo

to provide with a room or lodgings

Parola origine room

ME roum < OE rum, akin to ON, OHG < IE base *rewe-, to open, room > L rus, land

Frequenza

room in British

(ruːm , rʊm )

sostantivo

space or extent, esp unoccupied or unobstructed space for a particular purpose

is there room to pass?

an area within a building enclosed by a floor, a ceiling, and walls or partitions

sitting room

dining room

3. (functioning as singular or plural)

the people present in a room

the whole room was laughing

4. (foll by for)

opportunity or scope

room for manoeuvre

5. (plural)

a part of a house, hotel, etc, that is rented out as separate accommodation; lodgings

she got rooms in town

6. a euphemistic word for lavatory (sense 1)

verbo

7. (intransitive) mainly US

to occupy or share a room or lodging

where does he room?

forme derivate

roomer (ˈroomer)

sostantivo

Parola origine room

Old English rūm; related to Gothic, Old High German rūm

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Set up connections in conference rooms instead! Computing (2010)This put the board in a tricky position and left her with little room to manoeuvre. The Sun (2016) People in the room begin to stare. Times, Sunday Times (2016)She demands to share his hotel room instead. Times, Sunday Times (2016)Some gardeners worry that they simply do not have enough room for winter greenery. Times, Sunday Times (2016)He spent an hour in her hotel room before partying the next night in a Manchester club. The Sun (2016)You clear it room by room, house by house. Times, Sunday Times (2016)The back door leads straight into the dining room and kitchen areas, which have now been knocked into one room. Times, Sunday Times (2017)The property has its original pub frontage with two doors, atmospheric rooms with beamed ceilings, and a modern kitchen and bathrooms. Times, Sunday Times (2016)Why waste cash warming up the spare room or bedrooms during the day? The Sun (2013)We used one of the conference rooms and my husband accompanied me. Times, Sunday Times (2014)The rooms have pitched ceilings supported by wooden beams. Times, Sunday Times (2008)She avoided their eyes when they met in the laundry room of their apartment block. Times, Sunday Times (2014)The simplest way to use photographic lights is to fill in the darker areas of the room. Freeman, Michael Photographers Handbook (1993)The vast room emitted a brilliant light. Philip Marsden The Barefoot Emperor: An Ethiopian Tragedy (2007)They ask him to sell his room in the house. Charles Glass The Tribes Triumphant (2006)The players have explained why cash was found in their hotel rooms by police. The Sun (2010)The room and space you have to hang the picture in is a key consideration. Times, Sunday Times (2014)He and his two dogs occupy only three rooms. Times, Sunday Times (2010)He saw his wife in the dining room and decided enough was enough. Times, Sunday Times (2009)That might leave us with a bit more room to manoeuvre. The Sun (2014)One hour is a long time to be lighting up an empty room. Times, Sunday Times (2006)But inside the home dressing room the atmosphere was very different. The Sun (2012)One room alone is two hundred and twenty square yards. Elizabeth Gaskell North and South (1855)But it was only being in the same room at a party that made it happen. Times, Sunday Times (2012)The trouble is that he has little room to manoeuvre. Times, Sunday Times (2006)Who were the other people in that room? The Sun (2008)Dining room and bedrooms overlook the vineyards. Millon, Kim & Millon, Marc The Wine Roads of France (1989)The rooms have high ceilings and tiled floors. The Sun (2013)Each room or apartment looks different and all have quirky artworks on the walls. The Sun (2012)Studio room with kitchen area and a wet room. Times, Sunday Times (2013)The feeling in the dressing room is just brilliant. The Sun (2016)