sexual partner: My brother shares a house with four other students. I I used to share an apartment iviih a guy who played the drums.
room with $b /'man wid (sb)/ Iphrasal verb T] american to live in the same room as someone at college: Do you remember Diane? I roomed with her at college.
flatmate British roommate american I'ftetmeit, 'ruim.meit, rum-/ [n C] someone that you share an apartment with, who is not a member of your family and not your sexual partner: This is Rosalind, my flatmate. 1 You can't have a party without asking your roommate first.
В someone who lives in a place
tenant /'tenant/ [n C] someone who lives in a house, apartment, or room and regularly pays money to the person who owns it: Tenants are not allowed to keep pets. I Have you found any tenants for your house yet?
LONG
look here for ...
long hair, a long street etc a long book, list etc a long time
opposite short
see also measure, tall
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if you mean 'after a long time', go to end
If you want to say how many people live in a place, say 'a city/country with a population of 5 million' or 'a city/country with 5 million inhabitants'.
population. /.pDpjgleiJ.Tnlpaip-/ [n singu- lar/Ul all the people who live in a country or town or area, or the number of people who live in it: In Ghana 46% of the population is under 16 years of age. + of The population of Singapore is almost 3 million.
the adult/Muslim/black population (=all the people in a place who are adult, Muslim etc) 90% of the adult population is literate.
resident /'rez^d^nt/ [n C] someone who
lives in a particular area of a town, a particular street or apartment block etc: Loca I residents are protesting about the new road. I Parking spaces are for residents only.
+ оf Residents of Glacier Bay are complaining about the pollution caused by cruise ships.
inhabitant /inhabitant/ [n С usually
A
plural] written one of the people who live in a place, especially in a town or city or in an area of a country: Copenhagen has about 1.4 million inhabitants. 1 This is a poor rural area, with only one doctor per 10,000 inhabitants. + of the inhabitants of the Son Fernando Valley
etc
long
A cat was hiding in the long grass.
long 1\офщ{ [adj] longer than usual from one end to the other: The girl had long blonde hair. I There was a long line of people at the ticket office. 1 She led them down a long corridor, through countless swinging doors. I Rome has the longest
shopping street in Europe, four inches/two metres/five miles etc loag The snake was more than three
metres long.
length /lei]0/ [n C/U] how long something is: These fish can grow to a length of four feet. I We need to measure the length and width of the room, four inches/two metres/jive miles etc in length The hotel pool is 15 metres in length.
a long book/name/list/ speech etc
a long object/line/space
long /lor]||ba]/ [adj] a long book, speech, name etc has a lot of pages, words, etters, details etc in it: The place has a long Welsh name that I can't pronounce. I The principal gave a long, boring speech about discipline. I There was a long list of jobs that she needed to do that day.
LONG
lengthy /'leijBi/ [adjl formal. a lengthy book, speech, explanation, or document has a lot of words and details in it. and is often boring: a lengthy, two-volume book on conditions in modern China I a lengthy financial report
long-winded 'windi,cU||,b:i]- Mjl
boring and much longer than it needs to be: The book begins with a rather long- winded description of the historical background to the war. I I had to listen to his long-winded explanation as to why he was late.
H a long time
a long time /э Joij taimj}- \щ-!
(/or) a long time He's lived here a long time. ! The house has been empty for a long time.
a long time ago We met in August 1947, a long time ago. a very long time We've been friends for a very long time.
it's a long time since It's a long time since I heard from dive.
a while /э 'wail/ a fairly long time: After a while people started to complain /or a while How's Lynn? I haven't seen her for a while.
quite a while (=a long time) He's been going out with her quite a while now, hasn't he?
long /tor)||b:r)/ |adu] for a long time: Have you been waiting long? long be/ore/a/ter Michelle was wearing platform shoes long before they came
into fashion.
Qages/'eid3^z/ [n pluralj spoken, especially British a very long time for ages I haven't been out for ages. wait/take/spend ages I spent ages in town trying to find something to wear for the wedding. I We had to wait ages for a bus.
it's ages since It's ages since we played this game - Td forgotten how good you are.
ages ago (=a long time ago) "When did you sell the car?" 'Ages ago!"
hours/months/years /auars, nunOs.
jia's/ (n plural] many hours, months, or years, and a lot longer than you expected: It
uras years before we found out the truth.
for hours/months/years I'm worried - Robin's been out for hours. take (sb) hours/months/years It took us months to paint the house.
El continuing for a long time
long lDi]||b:i]/ [adj] continuing for a long time: The play was good, but it was a little too long. I He died after a long illness. I It 's a long flight -15 hours.
long-term /,1013 Wm^baj-/ |adj only before noun] a long-term problem, situation. or effect is one that continues for a very long time: Drugs such as Ecstasy may cause long-term damage to the brain. 1 long-term unemployment long-term relationship (=a sexual relationship that lasts for a long time) I'm not ready for a long-term relationship right now.