dorm
verb · noun
Simple meaning
To reside in a dorm.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
dawrmIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈdɔɹm
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
verb
intransitiveinformal
To reside in a dorm.
noun
A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Formality
- Technical
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How this word commonly comes across.
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This meaning: A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.
Used this way, dorm is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in education or classroom contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Education/classroom
Nearby words
- student residence , rarer, so it draws attention
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More ways to use dorm
- “My son lives in a small dorm room with his roommate at college.”noun
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Word Family
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Inflected forms
Grammatical variations of the same word.
A gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
A large sleeping room containing several beds.
The window in a gabled extension built to accommodate a window.
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Synonyms
Sense: room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping
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