room

room is on the Basic English 850 List.

roof - room - root

room is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

roll - room - round

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ru:m/ or /rʊm/
• SAMPA: /ru:m/ or /rUm/

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Noun

Singular room

Plural rooms

1. (countable) A room is a place which is part of a building. Someone is able to see other people who are in the same room.

   We need a long, wide room because many people will be at the meeting.

2. (uncountable) Room can mean some space; a place with nothing, only air.

   I need room to be able to move my arms and not touch people.

Verb

Plain form room

Third-person singular rooms

Past tense roomed

Past participle roomed

Present participle rooming

1. To live in or share a room.

   I roomed with Ryan all four years of college.