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# roommate

«roommate» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who shares a bedroom with you** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a roommate, roommates)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A roommate is a person who shares a bedroom with you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roommate/#m1)

2) (US, Canada) A roommate is also a person who shares a flat or house with you (UK: flatmate, housemate). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roommate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories about camps, boarding schools and college students. Phrases: «my roommate», «share with a roommate».

### examples

- At camp my roommate snored all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roommate/#x1)
- She has two roommates at college. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roommate/#x2)
- My roommate and I share a desk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roommate/#x3)
- They were roommates for three years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roommate/#x4)
- Each room holds 4 roommates; how many rooms for 20 children? (5) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roommate/#x5)

### note

One word, double m: room + mate. In the UK, people sharing a flat are usually «flatmates»; «roommates» share a room. Australia often says «housemate».

### Trees and pragmatics

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