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Meaning of 'room' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Room [ a.]
- Spacious; roomy.
2 . Room [ n.]
- Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a house; the table takes up too much room.
- A particular portion of space appropriated for occupancy; a place to sit, stand, or lie; a seat.
- Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set apart by a partition; an apartment or chamber.
- Place or position in society; office; rank; post; station; also, a place or station once belonging to, or occupied by, another, and vacated.
- Possibility of admission; ability to admit; opportunity to act; fit occasion; as, to leave room for hope.
3 . Room [ v. i.]
- To occupy a room or rooms; to lodge; as, they arranged to room together.

Meaning of 'room' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . room [ n]
Meaning (1):
- space for movement
Example in sentence:
  • hardly enough elbow room to turn around;
  • make way for;
  • room to pass
Meaning (2):
- opportunity for
Example in sentence:
  • room for improvement
Meaning (3):
- an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
Example in sentence:
  • the rooms were very small but they had a nice view
Meaning (4):
- the people who are present in a room
Example in sentence:
  • the whole room was cheering
5 . room [ v]
Meaning (5):
- live and take one's meals at or in
Example in sentence:
  • she rooms in an old boarding house

Nearby Words:

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