GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Room , n. [OE. roum, rum, space, AS. rūm; akin to OS., OFries. & Icel. rūm, D. ruim, G. raum, OHG. rūm, Sw. & Dan. rum, Goth. rūms, and to AS. rūm, adj., spacious, D. ruim, Icel. rūmr, Goth. rūms; and prob. to L. rus country (cf. Rural), Zend ravaṅh wide, free, open, ravan a plain.]
   Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a house; the table takes up too much room.
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   Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
   Luke xiv. 22.
   
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   There was no room for them in the inn.
   Luke ii. 7.
   
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   A particular portion of space appropriated for occupancy; a place to sit, stand, or lie; a seat.
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   If he have but twelve pence in his purse, he will give it for the best room in a playhouse.
   Overbury.
   
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   When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room.
   Luke xiv. 8.
   
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   Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set apart by a partition; an apartment or chamber.
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   I found the prince in the next room.
   Shak.
   
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   Place or position in society; office; rank; post; station; also, a place or station once belonging to, or occupied by, another, and vacated. [Obs.]
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   When he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod.
   Matt. ii. 22.
   
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   Neither that I look for a higher room in heaven.
   Tyndale.
   
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   Let Bianca take her sister's room.
   Shak.
   
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   Possibility of admission; ability to admit; opportunity to act; fit occasion; as, to leave room for hope.
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   There was no prince in the empire who had room for such an alliance.
   Addison.
   
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   Room and space (Shipbuilding), the distance from one side of a rib to the corresponding side of the next rib; space being the distance between two ribs, in the clear, and room the width of a rib. -- To give room, to withdraw; to leave or provide space unoccupied for others to pass or to be seated. -- To make room, to open a space, way, or passage; to remove obstructions; to give room.
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   Make room, and let him stand before our face.
   Shak.
   
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   Syn. -- Space; compass; scope; latitude.
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   Room , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roomed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Rooming.] To occupy a room or rooms; to lodge; as, they arranged to room together.
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   Room, a. [AS. rūm.] Spacious; roomy. [Obs.]
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   No roomer harbour in the place.
   Chaucer.
   
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