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dormitory

[ dawr-mi-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

noun

plural dormitories.
  1. a building, as at a college, containing a number of private or semiprivate rooms for residents, usually along with common bathroom facilities and recreation areas.
  2. a room containing a number of beds and serving as communal sleeping quarters, as in an institution, fraternity house, or passenger ship.


dormitory

/ -trɪ; ˈdÉ”ËmɪtÉ™rɪ /

noun

  1. a large room, esp at a school or institution, containing several beds
  2. a building, esp at a college or camp, providing living and sleeping accommodation
  3. modifier denoting or relating to an area from which most of the residents commute to work (esp in the phrase dormitory suburb )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dormitory1

1475–85; < Latin »å´Ç°ù³¾Ä«³ÙÅ°ù¾±³Ü³¾ bedroom, equivalent to »å´Ç°ù³¾Ä« ( re ) to sleep + -³ÙÅ°ù¾±³Ü³¾ -tory 2
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dormitory1

C15: from Latin »å´Ç°ù³¾Ä«³ÙÅ°ù¾±³Ü³¾, from »å´Ç°ù³¾Ä«re to sleep
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Ms Burke said she was being held in a dormitory of 110 people in the "maxed out" immigration centre in Tacoma.

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Prior to his death, Dang had been woken up in the night by other students chatting in his dormitory, their statement said.

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The dormitory at Casa Santa Marta, where the cardinals are sequestered, is purposefully more modern than the Sistine Chapel and the other Vatican rooms.

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In a last-ditch effort, Hyun-ju sprints back to the dormitories to check on Dae-ho and retrieve the ammunition, just as another team of masked guards enters and opens fire.

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The pair were taken to hospital after they failed to check out of the Nana Backpacker hostel, where they were staying, and were found unresponsive in their dormitory.

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