room

room¹ W1S1 [ru:m, rum] n

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1¦(in a building)¦

2¦(space)¦

3¦(opportunity/possibility)¦

4 there's room for improvement

5 there's not enough room to swing a cat

6¦(apartment)¦

7¦(people)¦

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[: Old English; Origin: rum]

1.) ¦(IN A BUILDING)¦

a part of the inside of a building that has its own walls, floor, and ceiling

▪ I looked around the room.

▪ She nodded toward a man who was standing across the room (=on the other side of the room) .

▪ Someone was laughing in the next room (=the one beside the one you are in) .

sb's room

(=someone's bedroom)

▪ Beth, it's time to clean up your room.

bathroom/dining room/meeting room etc

▪ the doctor's waiting room

one-room(ed)/two-room(ed) etc

▪ a three-room apartment

single/double room

(=a room in a hotel for one person or for two)

▪ I'd like to book a double room for two nights.

▪ Here's your key - room 348.

→↑front room, ↑living room, ↑sitting room

2.) ¦(SPACE)¦[U]

space somewhere for a particular thing, person, or activity

room in

▪ I hope there's going to be enough room in the fridge.

room for

▪ My suitcase was so full I didn't have room for anything else.

room to do sth

▪ The museum doesn't have enough room to show everything in their collection.

plenty of room/enough room

▪ There's plenty of room in the boot for your luggage.

▪ I'm trying to make room for a vegetable garden in the backyard.

▪ Step back, leave room for people to get past.

▪ The old wardrobe took up too much room .

leg-room/head-room

(=space for your legs or head in a vehicle)

→elbow-room at ↑elbow¹ (5)

3.) ¦(OPPORTUNITY/POSSIBILITY)¦[U]

the chance to do something, or the possibility that something exists or can happen

room for

▪ There's little room for innovation.

room for doubt/debate/argument etc

▪ The evidence was clear, and there was little room for doubt.

room for manoeuvre

BrE /room for maneuver

AmE (=the possibility of changing what you do or decide)

▪ Teachers feel they have little room for manoeuvre when the curriculum is so demanding.

room to do sth

▪ Children need to have room to develop their natural creativity.

▪ Make room in your day for exercise.

4.) there's room for improvement

used to say that something is not perfect and needs to be improved

▪ The report shows that there is room for improvement.

5.) there's not enough room to swing a cat

used humorously to say that an area or room is not very big

6.) ¦(APARTMENT)¦

rooms [plural] old-fashioned especially BrE two or more rooms that you rent in a building, or stay in at a college

7.) ¦(PEOPLE)¦ [singular]

all the people in a room

▪ The whole room started singing 'Happy Birthday'.

room ²

room² v [i]AmE

to rent and live in a room somewhere

room with [room with sb] phr v

to share a room or house with someone, especially at college

▪ I roomed with Al at UCSD.