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# room

«room» in Mova's school dictionary: **a part of a building with walls, a floor and a ceiling…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (room, rooms; room — uncountable for «space»); verb (room — rare, to share a room)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A room is a part of a building with walls, a floor and a ceiling, like a kitchen or a bedroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/room/#m1)

2) Room means free space for someone or something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/room/#m2)

3) «Room for» can mean a chance, as in «room for improvement». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/room/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

a place or an equal group: rooms with some chairs or people each; or space left; rectangle rooms have area and perimeter; phrases «living room», «make room», «no room», «room for one more», «classroom»

### examples

- The hotel has 20 rooms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/room/#x1)
- Each room has 2 beds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/room/#x2)
- There are 30 students in the room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/room/#x3)
- Is there room for 5 more? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/room/#x4)
- Please tidy your room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/room/#x5)
- Make room for Grandma on the sofa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/room/#x6)
- The room is 12 feet long and 10 feet wide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/room/#x7)
- There's no room in the car for the dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/room/#x8)
- Our school has a music room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/room/#x9)
- Your writing is good, but there is room for improvement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/room/#x10)
- But how light the room was! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/room/#x11)

### note

A group or a place: rooms × things each. Trap: «room for N more» means space left, not a count of rooms. «Room» meaning space is uncountable: «some room», «not much room».

### In the corpora

- [Some families pay children for extra jobs, like washing the car, but tidying your own room is just part of living together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/9/)
- [Heating a room with the window open sends the warm air, and the money that paid for it, straight outside.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/14/)
- [Families move house for many reasons: a new job, more room, a cheaper rent, or because a tenancy ends.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/0/)
- ["Your room looks like a bomb's hit it" is an exaggeration meaning the room is very messy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/12-cars-chores-and-the-shopping-list/13/)
- [Picture a living room in Melbourne: Dad sits you down and says, "Grandad is dying.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «room» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/room/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.