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Room

//ɹʊm// adj, adv, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective

1
Wide; spacious; roomy. dialectal, obsolete

Adverb

1
Far; at a distance; wide in space or extent. dialectal, obsolete
2
Off from the wind.

Noun

1
An opportunity or scope (to do something). archaic, countable, uncountable
"Thou lorde whiche knowest the hertes of all men, shewe whether thou hast chosen of these two, that the one maye take the roume of this ministracion, and apostleshippe from the which Judas by transgression fell, that he myght goo to his awne place."
2
Alternative form of roum (“deep blue dye”). alt-of, alternative, uncountable
3
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling wordnet
4
Space for something, or to carry out an activity. uncountable
"He explains they have enough room to stand and lie down, points out the "little cup to brush our teeth", and the place where they pray."
5
the people who are present in a room wordnet

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6
A particular portion of space. archaic, countable, uncountable
"If he have but twelve pence in his purse, he will give it for the best room in a playhouse."
7
space for movement wordnet
8
Sufficient space for or to do something. figuratively, uncountable
"There was no prince in the empire who had room for such an alliance."
9
opportunity for wordnet
10
A space between the timbers of a ship's frame. countable, uncountable
11
A place; a stead. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"For this purpose I have shown that no acquisitions of guilt can compensate the loss of that solid inward comfort of mind, which is the sure companion of innocence and virtue; nor can in the least balance the evil of that horror and anxiety which, in their room, guilt introduces into our bosoms."
12
A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling. countable
"Miss Bingley made no answer, and soon afterwards she got up and walked about the room."
13
(One's) bedroom. countable
"Go to your room!"
14
A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings. countable, in-plural, uncountable
15
The people in a room. countable, metonymically, singular, uncountable, usually
"The room was on its feet."
16
An area for working in a coal mine. countable, uncountable
17
A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage. countable, uncountable
18
An IRC or chat room. Internet, countable
"Some users may not be able to access the AOL room."
19
A place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant. countable, uncountable
"When ſhee that rules in Rhamnis golden gates, […] Shall make me ſolely Emperour of Aſia, Then ſhall your meeds and vallours be aduaunſt To roomes of honour and Nobilitie."
20
A quantity of furniture sufficient to furnish one room. countable, uncountable
"“I understand you need some furniture and can’t get no credit.” I liked to fell over. He say, “I’ll give you all the credit you want, but you got to pay the interest on it.” I told him, “Give me three rooms worth and charge whatever you want.”"

Verb

1
To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant. intransitive
"Doctor Watson roomed with Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street."
2
live and take one's meals at or in wordnet
3
To assign to a room; to allocate a room to. transitive
"[…] convinced (with no scientific evidence) that they would contract the dread disease by breathing the same air in which the patient was roomed, by touching the patient or even by changing the sheets of a patient's bed."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *rūm Old English rūm Middle English roum English room From Middle English roum (“room, space”), from Old English rūm (“room, space”), from Proto-West Germanic *rūm (“room”), from Proto-Germanic *rūmą (“room”), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (“to dig out, root”). Cognate with Low German Ruum (“space, room”), Dutch ruim (“cargo load”), German Raum (“space, room”), Danish rum (“room, space”), Faroese rúm (“space, room”), Icelandic rúm (“bed, room, space”), Norn rum (“room”), Norwegian rom (“room, space”), Swedish rum (“room, space”), and also with Latin rūs (“country, field, farm”) through Indo-European; more at rural. Doublet of Raum, a surname from German. The word superficially appears to be an exception to the Great Vowel Shift, which might have produced the pronunciation /ɹaʊm/, but the retention of Middle English /uː/ before /m/ is regular. In fact, /aʊ/ does not occur before non-coronal consonants in Standard Modern English native vocabulary. Some dialects did undergo diphthongization in such a position and the pronunciation /ɹaʊm/ occurs, for example, in Lancashire.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From Middle English roum, rom, rum, from Old English rūm (“roomy, spacious, ample, extensive, large, open, unencumbered, unoccupied, temporal, long, extended, great, liberal, unrestricted, unfettered, clear, loose, free from conditions, free from occupation, not restrained within due limits, lax, far-reaching, abundant, noble, august”), from Proto-Germanic *rūmaz (“roomy, spacious”), from Proto-Indo-European *rewh₁- (“free space”). Cognate with Scots roum (“spacious, roomy”), Dutch ruim (“roomy, spacious, wide”), Danish rum (“wide, spacious”), German raum (“wide”), Icelandic rúmur (“spacious”).

Etymology 4

From Middle English rome, from Old English rūme (“widely, spaciously, roomily, far and wide, so as to extend over a wide space, liberally, extensively, amply, abundantly, in a high degree, without restriction or encumbrance, without the pressure of care, light-heartedly, without obstruction, plainly, clearly, in detail”). Cognate with Dutch ruim (“amply”, adverb).

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