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Apartment Building

Definition: Apartment Building

Apartment Building

Noun

1. A building that is divided into apartments.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Apartment Building

Synonym: apartment house (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Apartment Building

English words defined with "apartment building": CocoonerypenthouseVestibule trainwalk-up, walk-up apartment. (references)
Specialty definitions using "apartment building": building-service supervisordirect accesshigh rise, Housing unitmaintenance engineer, MANAGER, APARTMENT HOUSE, manager, building, multi-unit structurerestricted access building/secured buildingSALES REPRESENTATIVE, WATER-SOFTENING EQUIPMENT, service-car operator, superintendent, buildingthree-flatunlawful entry. (references)

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Photo Album: Apartment Building

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A Hawaiian rainbow from a Hilo apartment building. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Averina apartment building (1914-17), Barnaul, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540.

Log house, Marshal Zhukov Street #95 (around 1900),foreground, and in the background is a typical modern apartment building of the post Soviet period (late 1990s), Omsk, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540.

Apartment building. Chandler tract, Arizona. Credit: Library of Congress.

Apartment building, Chandler tract. View of louvers. Adobe construction. Arizona. Credit: Library of Congress.

Chandler tract, Arizona. Apartment building, interior view. Credit: Library of Congress.

Backyards of apartment building at the Arizona part-time farms. Maricopa County, Arizona. Credit: Library of Congress.

Back of apartment building for permanent farm workers at the Yuba City farm workers' camp. Yuba City, California. Credit: Library of Congress.

Shaker Heights, Ohio. Exterior of apartment building in Shaker Heights. Credit: Library of Congress.

Portner Flats apartment building. Drugstore at southwest corner of Portner Flats apartment building. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Apartment Building".

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Buzzer at an apartment building door.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Apartment Building

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

Ukraine

In January an unidentified man attacked Yanina Sokolovskaya, the Kiev correspondent for the Russian newspaper Izvestia, in her apartment building. (references)

Human Rights

Slovak Republic

Ducky was killed in the lobby of his apartment building a week after the authorities filed charges against him for financial mismanagement and illegal property transfers while at the gas monopoly. (references)

Malaysia

At the beginning of the sodomy trial, prosecutors changed the dates of the alleged acts of sodomy, allegedly because the defense had discovered that the apartment building where the sodomy allegedly took place had not been completed by the original dates. (references)

Minorities

Georgia

On July 11, Basilists forcibly entered a Tbilisi apartment building and attacked a Christian bible study group--mostly women and children--with clubs and metal pips. (references)

Brazil

For example, in April in Rio de Janeiro actress Vera Oliveira Gimenez was accused by Robson Fernandes Marcelo, a doorman in her apartment building, of having used a racial slur in speaking with him. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Apartment Building

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Bob Dole

I was on my way for a little physical checkup at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington. I had just walked out the door of the apartment building. I live in Watergate south.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Apartment Building

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

apartment building for sale

199

apartment building famed nyc

5

apartment building high rise

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Apartment Building

Language Translations for "apartment building"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

жилищен блок (apartment house, mansions). (various references)

   

Czech

  

obytný dùm (block of flats, dwelling house). (various references)

   

Danish

  

appartementhus (block of flats), højhus (block of flats). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

flatgebouw (block of flats), flat (apartment, block of flats, flat). (various references)

   

German

  

Turmbau (high-rise apartment building). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

fjólbýlishús (block of flats). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

集合住宅 , アバディーンアンガス種 (Aberdeen Angus, adventure, apart, apartment, aperture, avant-garde, pre-war). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しゅう"うじゅうたく, アパート (apart, apartment). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

høyblokk (block of flats). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

flèt (block of flats). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

apartmentay uildingbay

   

Portuguese

  

prédio de apartamentos. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

жилое здание. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

casa de pisos (apartment complex, apartment house, tenement). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

höghus (block of flats, high rise), flerfamiljshus. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

apartman (apartment block, apartment house, block, building, rooms). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Apartment Building

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-e-g-i-i-l-m-n-n-p-r-t-t-u"

-4 letters: perambulating.

-5 letters: adulterating, blueprinting, delaminating, manipulating, preadmitting, premalignant, reimplanting, triangulated, unimaginable.

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Alternative Orthography: Apartment Building


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 70 61 72 74 6D 65 6E 74      42 75 69 6C 64 69 6E 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01110000 01100001 01110010 01110100 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 00100000 01000010 01110101 01101001 01101100 01100100 01101001 01101110 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#112 &#97 &#114 &#116 &#109 &#101 &#110 &#116 &#32 &#66 &#117 &#105 &#108 &#100 &#105 &#110 &#103

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0070 0061 0072 0074 006D 0065 006E 0074      0042 0075 0069 006C 0064 0069 006E 0067

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35826784867971808623687757870758073

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Apartment Building"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводбългарски, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgare, болгарский, болгарин, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili

Czech

slovník, definice, překladчешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, чешский, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelseдатски език, датски, dánský, dánština, dänisch, danska, danes, dinamarquês, датский, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatieхоландски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, holländisch, hollenskur, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, голландский, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzungгермански, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, deutsch, Deutsche, þjóðverji, þýskur, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, немецкий, alemán, tysk, alman

Icelandic

исландски, islandský, islandsk, Ýslands, isländisch, íslenskur, íslensku, íslenskar, íslenskan, islandês, islândes, исландский, islandés, isländsk, izlanda'ya ait, izlandaca, izlanda

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 японски език, японци, японски, japonský, japaner, japanisch, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", hapones, japonês, японский, японец, japonés, japansk, Japonca

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょяпонски език, японци, японски, japonský, japaner, japanisch, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", hapones, japonês, японский, японец, japonés, japansk, Japonca

Norwegian

норвежка, норвежки език, норвежки, норвежец, norský, nordmand, Norweger, norskur, Norðmaður, norsk, noruechi, norueguês, норвежский, noruego, norrman, norveçli, Norveçce, Norveçlí, norveççe, norveç

Papiamen

dikshonario, definishon, tradukshon

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoпортугалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugiser, portugiesisch, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", portugues, português, португальский, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещениеруски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, russer, Russe, russisch, Rússi, rússneskur, ロシア語 , ロシア", russisk, русский, ruso, ryss, Rusça

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónиспански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, spanisch, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , spañó, espanhol, испанский, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättningшведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, schwedisch, sænskur, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", шведский, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeтурски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, türkisch, турецкий, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationанглийски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, englisch, ensku, enskur, enska, inglês, английский, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Sounds
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Quotations: Spoken
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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