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Webster 1913 Edition


Room

Room

(roōm)
,
Noun.
[OE.
roum
,
rum
, space, AS.
rūm
; akin to OS., OFries. & Icel.
rūm
, D.
ruim
, G.
raum
, OHG.
rūm
, Sw. & Dan.
rum
, Goth.
rūms
, and to AS.
rūm
, adj., spacious, D.
ruim
, Icel.
rūmr
, Goth.
rūms
; and prob. to L.
rus
country (cf.
Rural
), Zend
ravaṅh
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
.
Luke xiv. 22.
There was no
room
for them in the inn.
Luke ii. 7.
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.
Overbury.
When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest
room
.
Luke xiv. 8.
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
.
Shakespeare
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.
Matt. ii. 22.
Neither that I look for a higher
room
in heaven.
Tyndale.
Let Bianca take her sister’s
room
.
Shakespeare
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.
Addison.
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.
Shakespeare
Syn. – Space; compass; scope; latitude.

Room

,
Verb.
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

,
Adj.
[AS.
rūm
.]
Spacious; roomy.
[Obs.]
No
roomer
harbour in the place.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Room

ROOM

, n.
1.
Space; compass; extent of place, great or small. Let the words occupy as little room as possible.
2.
Space or place unoccupied.
Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. Luke 14.
3.
Place for reception or admission of any thing. In this case, there is no room for doubt or for argument.
4.
Place of another; stead; as in succession or substitution. One magistrate or king comes in the room of a former one. We often place one thing in the room of another. 1Kings 20.
5.
Unoccupied opportunity. The eager pursuit of wealth leaves little room for serious reflection.
6.
An apartment in a house; any division separated from the rest by a partition; as a parlor, drawing room or bed-room; also an apartment in a ship, as the cook-room, bread-room, gun-room, &c.
7.
A seat. Luke 14.
To make room, to open a way or passage; to free from obstructions.
To make room, to open a space or place for any thing.
To give room, to withdraw; to leave space unoccupied for others to pass or to be seated.

ROOM

,
Verb.
I.
To occupy an apartment; to lodge; an academic use of the word. A B rooms at No. 7.

Definition 2024


Room

Room

See also: room and rõõm

Saterland Frisian

Noun

Room m

  1. cream

room

room

See also: Room and rõõm

English

Adjective

room (comparative more room, superlative most room)

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) Wide; spacious; roomy.

References

Etymology 2

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).

Adverb

room (comparative more room, superlative most room)

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

Etymology 3

From Middle English roum, from Old English rūm (room, space), from Proto-Germanic *rūmą (room), from Proto-Indo-European *rowə- (free space). Cognate with Low German Ruum, Dutch ruim (space), German Raum (space, interior space), Danish rum (space, locality), Norwegian rom (space), Swedish rum (space, location), and also with Latin rūs (country, field, farm) through Indo-European. More at rural.

Apparently an exception to the Great Vowel Shift, which otherwise would have produced the pronunciation /ɹaʊm/, but /aʊ/ does not occur before noncoronal consonants in Modern English.

A room (part of a building) in a hotel.

Noun

room (plural rooms)

  1. (now rare) Opportunity or scope (to do something). [from 9th c.]
    • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts I:
      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.
    • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa:
      Nor shalt thou give me room to doubt whether it be necessity or love, that inspires this condescending impulse.
  2. (uncountable) Space for something, or to carry out an activity. [from 10th c.] syn. transl.
    • 2010, Jonathan Franklin, The Guardian, 27 Aug 2010:
      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.
  3. (archaic) A particular portion of space. [from 11th c.]
    • (Can we date this quote?) Thomas Overbury (c.1581-1613)
      If he have but twelve pence in his purse, he will give it for the best room in a playhouse.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Luke xiv. 8
      When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room.
  4. (uncountable, figuratively) Sufficient space for or to do something. [from 15th c.]
    • Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
      There was no prince in the empire who had room for such an alliance.
    • 2010, Roger Bootle, The Telegraph, 12 Sep 2010:
      There are major disagreements within the Coalition and politicians always want to retain room for manoeuvre.
  5. (nautical) A space between the timbers of a ship's frame. [from 15th c.]
  6. (obsolete) Place; stead.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
      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.
  7. (countable) A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling. [from 15th c.] syn. transl.
    • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice:
      Miss Bingley made no answer, and soon afterwards she got up and walked about the room.
    • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 10, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
      He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.
  8. (countable) With possessive pronoun: one's bedroom.
    Go to your room!
    • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 6, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
      She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 20, in The China Governess:
      No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’
  9. (in the plural) A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings. [from 17th c.]
  10. (always in the singular) The people in a room. [from 17th c.]
    The room was on its feet.
  11. (mining) An area for working in a coal mine. [from 17th c.] syn.
  12. (caving) A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage. [from 17th c.] syn.
  13. (Internet, countable) A forum or chat room. [from 20th c.]
    Some users may not be able to access the AOL room.
  14. Place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Matthew ii. 22
      When he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod.
    • (Can we date this quote?) William Tyndale (1494-1536)
      Neither that I look for a higher room in heaven.
    • (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
      Let Bianca take her sister's room.
Quotations
  • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:room.
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Verb

room (third-person singular simple present rooms, present participle rooming, simple past and past participle roomed)

  1. (intransitive) To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.
    Doctor Watson roomed with Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street.
  2. (transitive) To assign to a room; to allocate a room to.
    • 1988, Arthur Frederick Ide, AIDS hysteria (page 12)
      [] 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.
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Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: stood · large · within · #263: room · power · mother · often

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch room.

Noun

room (plural [please provide])

  1. cream

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oːm
  • IPA(key): /roːm/

Noun

room m (uncountable)

  1. cream (of milk)

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