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[Room]

A room is a space in a house or building that's usually enclosed with walls. Your favorite room in your house might be the den where the TV is, or the cozy kitchen.

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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.

Noun
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"

Noun
the people who are present in a room; "the whole room was cheering"

Noun
space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around"

Noun
opportunity for; "room for improvement"

Verb
live and take one''s meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house"

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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.

n.
A particular portion of space appropriated for occupancy; a place to sit, stand, or lie; a seat.

n.
Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set apart by a partition; an apartment or chamber.

n.
Place or position in society; office; rank; post; station; also, a place or station once belonging to, or occupied by, another, and vacated.

n.
Possibility of admission; ability to admit; opportunity to act; fit occasion; as, to leave room for hope.

v. i.
To occupy a room or rooms; to lodge; as, they arranged to room together.

a.
Spacious; roomy.


Room

Room , n. [OE. roum, rum, space, AS. r&umac;m; akin to OS., OFries. & Icel. r&umac;m, D. ruim, G. raum, OHG. r&umac;m, Sw. & Dan. rum, Goth. r&umac;ms, and to AS. r&umac;m, adj., spacious, D. ruim, Icel. r&umac;mr, Goth. r&umac;ms; and prob. to L. rus country (cf. Rural), Zend rava&ndot;h wide, free, open, ravan a plain.] 1. 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.
Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
There was no room for them in the inn.
2. A particular portion of space appropriated for occupancy; a place to sit, stand, or lie; a seat.
If he have but twelve pence in his purse, he will give it for the best room in a playhouse.
When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room.
3. Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set apart by a partition; an apartment or chamber.
I found the prince in the next room.
4. Place or position in society; office; rank; post; station; also, a place or station once belonging to, or occupied by, another, and vacated. [Obs.]
When he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod.
Neither that I look for a higher room in heaven.
Let Bianca take her sister's room.
5. Possibility of admission; ability to admit; opportunity to act; fit occasion; as, to leave room for hope.
There was no prince in the empire who had room for such an alliance.
Room and space (Shipbuilding), the distance from one side of a rib to the corresponding side of the next rib; space being the distance between two ribs, in the clear, and room the width of a rib. -- To give room, to withdraw; to leave or provide space unoccupied for others to pass or to be seated. -- To make room, to open a space, way, or passage; to remove obstructions; to give room.
Make room, and let him stand before our face.
Syn. -- Space; compass; scope; latitude.

Room

Room , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roomed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Rooming.] To occupy a room or rooms; to lodge; as, they arranged to room together.

Room

Room, a. [AS. r&umac;m.] Spacious; roomy. [Obs.]
No roomer harbour in the place.

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.

To occupy a room or rooms; to lodge; as, they arranged to room together.

Spacious; roomy.

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Usage Examples

All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

Anyone who writes knows that ultimately the majority of your time is spent alone in a room with a piano or a guitar, no matter what the project is.

But it was great, we sit in the same dressing room where, like, Johnny Cash sat and Willie Nelson and all those guys. That was in itself something amazing - I was on the same space these guys stood on, ya know?

As a standup, I try to change the world. As an entertainer, I try to entertain. And as a lesbian, I try to pick up the prettiest girl in the room.

Bad human communication leaves us less room to grow.

A lot of times I would go into a room and audition for whatever sitcom it was and they would expect me to do sort of what my dad was doing and I am not him so they would be disappointed and I would feel nervous and not know exactly how to do it.

Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But I'd like to add a third certainty: trash. And while some in this room might want to discuss reducing taxes, I want to talk about reducing trash.

About half my work in education is U.S. political reform around school districts and charter schools, and creating more room for entrepreneurial organizations to develop. And about half on technology, which I look at as a global platform.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes to life.

Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.

A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.

Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the dark.

A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.

Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of retirement, which never really comes: meanwhile it helps to furnish the living room.

As an actor, there is room for a certain amount of creativity, but you're always ultimately going to be saying somebody else's words. I don't think I'd have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I'd love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions.

A man can be drawn across the room with the simplicity of a smile. That's why your pearly whites should always be straight and shiny. I think most of my clients are drawn to a fun, flirty nature in a woman. The problem is, most women do not often feel fun and flirty.

At its core, 90 percent of my job is still sitting down in a room full of people, and breaking stories... and that requires virtually no technology.

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