room

room1 [ rum ] noun ***

1. ) count a part of a building with a floor, walls, and a ceiling:

On the second floor were two large empty rooms.

Annie got up and left the room.

a ) count a bedroom in a home or in a place such as a hotel:

My mom told me to clean up my room.

I'm staying in Room 52.

a double/single room

b ) count usually singular all the people in a room:

The whole room stood up and cheered.

c ) rooms plural a set of rooms that you rent, usually in another person's house or in a college

2. ) uncount the amount of space needed for a particular purpose:

There isn't much room in here.

room for: Is there room for one more in your car?

room for someone to do something: There was just enough room for them all to sit down.

room to do something: The band was good, but there was no room to dance.

take up room: This table takes up too much room.

make room (=create space by moving other things): We need to make room in here for the computer.

leave room for something: Leave room between each plant for the roots to grow.

3. ) uncount room for the possibility for something to exist or happen:

There is plenty of room for disagreement in this controversial area.

There's no room for doubt as to who did this.

there is room for improvement (=an indirect way of saying something is not very good): There is clearly room for improvement in a number of management areas.

not enough room to swing a cat INFORMAL

used for saying that a room is very small and there is not enough space to live comfortably in it

room to maneuver

the opportunity to change or do things in a different way

room

room 2 [ rum ] verb intransitive

to share a room, apartment, or house with one or more people:

Jean and I roomed together at college.

room with: I'm rooming with two other guys this semester.