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Collocations for apartment - noun

1. (esp. AmE) a flat

ADJECTIVE

large, spacious
cramped, small, tiny
cozy (AmE)
comfortable, luxury
dingy, shabby
Colin lives in a dingy one-room apartment with his pet turtles.
modern
one-bedroom, two-bedroom, etc., one-bedroomed, two-bedroomed, etc. (BrE)
studio
first-floor, second-floor, etc.
downstairs, upstairs
the people who live in the upstairs apartment
basement, loft, penthouse
high-rise
Larger cities have many high-rise apartments.
rental (AmE), rented
empty
holiday, self-catering (both BrE)

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VERB + apartment

buy
lease, rent, sublet
We will be renting the apartment for a year.
live in, share, stay in
I share an apartment with two friends.
look for
I'm looking for an apartment on the east side of the city.
find
move into, move out of
clean, decorate, furnish, renovate

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apartment + NOUN

block (BrE), building (AmE), complex, house (AmE)
high-rise apartment buildings
living
dweller
Apartment dwellers can participate in community gardens.

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2. (apartments) (BrE) set of rooms

ADJECTIVE

private, royal, state
the private apartments of the imperial family

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