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room  (rm, rm)

n.

1. A space that is or may be occupied: That easy chair takes up too much room.

2.

a. An area separated by walls or partitions from other similar parts of the structure or building in which it is located: the first room on the left; an unpainted room.

b. The people present in such an area: The whole room laughed.

3. rooms Living quarters; lodgings.

4. Suitable opportunity; occasion.

intr.v. roomed, room·ing, rooms

To occupy a room; lodge.

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[Middle English roum, from Old English rm; see reu- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: room, elbowroom, latitude, leeway, margin, play, scope
These nouns denote adequate space or opportunity for freedom of movement or action: room for improvement; needed elbowroom to negotiate effectively; no latitude allowed in conduct; allowed the chef leeway in choosing the menu; no margin for error; imagination given full play; permitting their talents free scope.

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room

Noun

1. an area within a building enclosed by a floor, a ceiling, and walls

2. the people present in a room: the whole room was laughing

3. unoccupied or unobstructed space: there wasn't enough room

4. room for opportunity or scope for: there was no room for acts of heroism

5. rooms lodgings

Verb

US to occupy or share a rented room: I roomed with him for five years [Old English rūm]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view" anechoic chamber - a chamber having very little reverberation antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule, hall - a large entrance or reception room or area area - a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" back room - a room located in the rear of an establishment; usually accessible only to privileged groups ballroom, dance hall, dance palace - large room used mainly for dancing bar, barroom, ginmill, saloon, taproom - a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar" bathroom, bath - a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet bedchamber, bedroom, sleeping accommodation, sleeping room, chamber - a room used primarily for sleeping belfry - a room (often at the top of a tower) where bells are hung billiard hall, billiard parlor, billiard parlour, billiard room, billiard saloon - a room in which billiards is played boardroom, council chamber - a room where a committee meets (such as the board of directors of a company) building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" cardroom - a room for gambling on card games ceiling - the overhead upper surface of a covered space; "he hated painting the ceiling" jail cell, prison cell, cell - a room where a prisoner is kept cubicle, cell - small room in which a monk or nun lives chamber - a room where a judge transacts business checkroom, left-luggage office - a room where baggage or parcels are checked classroom, schoolroom - a room in a school where lessons take place clean room, white room - a room that is virtually free of dust or bacteria; used in laboratory work and in assembly or repair of precision equipment coatroom, cloakroom - a room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily closet - a small private room for study or prayer clubroom - a room used for the activities of a club compartment - a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area conference room - a room in which a conference can be held control room - a room housing control equipment (as in a recording studio) courtroom, court - a room in which a lawcourt sits; "television cameras were admitted in the courtroom" cubby, snug, snuggery, cubbyhole - a small secluded room cutting room - a room where films or tapes are edited (by cutting out unwanted parts) darkroom - a room in which photographs are developed den - a room that is comfortable and secluded dinette - a small area off of a kitchen that is used for dining dining room, dining-room - a room used for dining door - a room that is entered via a door; "his office is the third door down the hall on the left" dressing room - a room in which you can change clothes durbar - the room in the palace of a native prince of India in which audiences and receptions occur engine room, engineering - a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located floor, flooring - the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"; "we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent" trading floor, floor - a large room in a exchange where the trading is done; "he is a floor trader" furnace room - a room (usually in the basement of a building) that contains a furnace for heating the building
	2.	room - space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around" elbow room, way seating, seating area, seating room, seats - an area that includes places where several people can sit; "there is seating for 40 students in this classroom" standing room - room for passengers or spectators to stand; "there was standing room for thousands more people" spatial relation, position - the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage" breathing room, breathing space - sufficient room for easy breathing or movement; "moved to the country to find breathing room" headroom, headway, clearance - vertical space available to allow easy passage under something houseroom - space for accommodation in a house; "I wouldn't give that table houseroom" lebensraum, living space - space sought for occupation by a nation whose population is expanding parking - space in which vehicles can be parked; "there is plenty of parking behind the store" sea room - space for maneuver at sea
	3.	room - opportunity for; "room for improvement" chance, opportunity - a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"
	4.	room - the people who are present in a room; "the whole room was cheering" assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place
Verb	1.	room - live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house" board inhabit, live, populate, dwell - inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"

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room

noun 1. chamber, office, apartment

noun 2. space, area, territory, volume, capacity, extent, expanse, elbow room

noun 3. opportunity, scope, leeway, play, chance, range, occasion, margin, allowance, compass, latitude

Translations

room [ruːm] n (in house) → cuarto, habitación f; pieza (esp LAM);

(also: bedroom) → dormitorio;

(in school etc) → sala (= space); sitio;

rooms npl (lodging) → alojamiento sg;

"rooms to let" (US);

"rooms for rent" → "se alquilan pisos or cuartos";

single/double room → habitación individual/doble or para dos personas;

is there room for this? → ¿cabe esto?;

to make room for sb → hacer sitio para algn;

there is room for improvement → podría mejorarse

room [ruːm] n (in house) → pièce f;

(also: bedroom) → chambre f (à coucher);

(in school etc) → salle f (= space); place f;

rooms npl (= lodging) → meublé m;

"rooms to let" (US);

"rooms for rent" → "chambres à louer";

is there room for this? → est-ce qu'il y a de la place pour ceci?;

to make room for sb → faire de la place à qn;

there is room for improvement → on peut faire mieux

room [ruːm] n (in house, hotel) → Zimmer nt;

(space) → Raum m, Platz m;

(scope) (for change etc) → Raum m

vi to room with sb (esp US) → ein Zimmer mit jdm teilen;

rooms npl (lodging) → Zimmer pl;

"rooms to let", "rooms for rent" (US) → "Zimmer zu vermieten";

single/double room → Einzel-/Doppelzimmer nt;

is there room for this? → ist dafür Platz vorhanden?;

to make room for sb → für jdn Platz machen;

there is room for improvement → es gibt Möglichkeiten zur Verbesserung

room [ruːm] n (in house) → stanza, camera;

(in school etc) → sala (= space); posto, spazio;

rooms npl (= lodging) → alloggio;

"rooms to let" (US);

"rooms for rent" → "si affittano camere";

is there room for this? → c'è spazio per questo?, ci sta anche questo?;

to make room for sb → far posto a qn;

there is room for improvement → si potrebbe migliorare

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room

n room [ruːm (in compounds rum, (American ) ru:m)]

1 one part of a house or building, usually used for a particular purpose This house has six rooms; a bedroom; a dining-room.kamerغُرْفَهстаяpokojværelse; -værelsedas Zimmerδωμάτιοhabitación, cuarto, salatubaاتقhuonepièce; chambre; salle (à manger)חֶדֶרकमराsoba, prostorijaszobakamarherbergistanza, camera部屋방kambarysistababilikkamerrom, værelsepokójcompartimentocameră (de); sală (de); sufragerieкомнатаizbasobasobarumห้องoda房間кімнатаکمرہphòng房间

2 the space or area in which a person, thing etc is or could be put etc The bed takes up a lot of room; There's no room for you in our car; We'll move the bookcase to make room for the television.plekمُتَّسَع، حَيِّزпространствоmístopladsder Platz(διαθέσιμος) χώροςespacio; sitioruumجا؛ فضاtilaplaceמָקוֹםस्थानsoba(férő)helyruanganrúm, rÿmi, plássspazio, posto空間공간, 여유vietavietaruangruimteplassmiejsceespaçolocместоmiesto, priestorprostorsobaplats, rum, utrymmeเนื้อที่yer空間(地)місцеجگہnơi chỗ空间（地）

3 a need or possibility (for something) There is room for improvement in his work.ruimteحاجَه، إمكانيَّهвъзможностmístomuligheddie Gelegenheitπεριθώριο(quedar) lugar para, haber/caber la posibilidad devõimalusامکانvaraplaceמָקוֹםकमरे में बैठै लोगprostorhelye van (vminek)peluangsvigrúmpossibilità余地여지galimybėiespējakeperluan atau kemungkinangelegenheidrom, plass, mulighetmożliwośćlugarlocвозможностьmiestoprostormestoplats, utrymmeโอกาสolanak, gereksinim餘地можливістьگنجاءشsự cần thiết余地

-roomed

a four-roomed house.kamerذو غُرَفстаен-pokojový-værelsers-zimmerigμε συγκεκριμένο αριθμό δωματίων (ως β΄ συνθ.)de... habitaciones-toalineخانه .. اتاقهhuoneinende (...) piècesבַּעַל - חֲדָרִים-sobni-szobásberkamar-herbergjadi (...) camere/stanze－部屋の「...의 방이 있는」이란 뜻의 연결형kambarių-istabu-berbilikmet... kamers-roms-pokojowyde ( ) assoalhadascu (...) ca­mere-комнатный-izbový...-soben-sobni-rums, med ... rumซึ่งมีจำนวนห้อง... odalı有...房間的з певною кількістю кімнатکمروں والاcó phòng有...房间的

n ˈroomful

He didn't feel like facing a roomful of people.kamer volمِلء الغُرْفَهпълна стаяplný sálværelse fyldt medein Zimmer voller Leuteτο γεμάτο δωμάτιοsala llena (de)toatäisحاضرانhuoneellinenpleine salle (de)חֶדֶר מֵלאएक कमरे भरpuna sobaszobányisekamarherbergisfylli(stanza piena)部屋一杯방 하나 가득pilnas kambaryspilna istaba/telpapenuheen kamer voltettpakket rom, menneskemengdepełna salasala cheiasală plină (de)полная комнатаplná izba, plná miestnosťpolna sobapuna sobarum fullt []เต็มไปด้วยผู้คนและสิ่งของbir oda dolusu滿屋子повна кімнатаکمرے کی گنجاءش کے مطابقkhối lượng một phòng có thể chứa đựng满屋子

n pl rooms

a set of rented rooms for living in. verblyfplekمَجموعَة غُرَف مُسْتأجَرَهквартириbytlejligheddie Räumlichkeiten(pl.)ενοικιαζόμενα διαμερίσματα (πληθ.)alojamiento; de alquiler habitacioneskorterمسکن؛ آپارتمانasuntoappartementחֲדָרִיםनिवासsobe(bér)lakáskamar sewaanleiguherbergiappartamento貸間하숙집, 셋집kambariaiistabasbeberapa bilikkamershybel(leilighet)wynajęte pokojeapartamentoapartamentквартираbytstanovanjeiznajmljeni prostorhyresrumห้องเช่าpansiyon odaları出租的房間квартира; кімнатиرہاءشی کمرےloạt phòng thuê để ở出租的房间

adj ˈroomy

having plenty of room roomy cupboards.ruimواسِع، رَحْب، فَسيحпросторенprostornýrummeliggeräumigευρύχωροςespaciosoruumikasوسیع؛ جادارtilavaspacieuxמְרוּוַחलम्बा-चौड़ा, विस्त़त, बड़ाprostrantágasluasrúmgóðurspazioso広い넓은, 널찍한erdvus, talpusplašs; ietilpīgsbanyak ruangruimrommelig, som har god plassprzestronnyespaçosospaţiosпросторныйpriestornýprostorenprostranrymligกว้างgeniş, ferah寬敞的просторий, вільнийکھلا ہواrộng rãi宽敞的

n ˈroom-mate

a person who shares a room with another person eg in a hostel for students etc. kamermaatشَريك الغُرْفَهсъквартирантspolubydlícíbofælleder Zimmergenosse,die Zimmergenossinσυγκάτοικοςcompañero de cuarto/habitacióntoakaaslaneهم اتاقیhuonetovericamarade de chambreחָבֵר לַחֶדֶרसाथीnetko tko dijeli sobu(e) s drugim, „cimer“szobatársteman sekamarherbergisfélagicompagno di stanza同室者한 방에서 기거하는 친구kambario draugasistabas biedrsrakan sebilikkamergenbootromkameratwspółmieszkanieccompanheiro de quartocoleg de camerăсосед по комнатеspolubývajúcisostanovaleccimerrumskamratเพื่อนร่วมห้องoda arkadaşı同住一室的人сусід по кімнатіکمرے کا ساتھیbạn cùng phòng同住一室的人