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With acting, I started very young, and I'd performed for a lot of children in boarding schools, late at night after the dormitory lights were out. I'd have a flashlight, and I'd be Count Dracula, or Shakespeare, or Yogi Bear, and leap from bunk to bunk. I loved the laughter; I liked the way it made people feel.
C. C. H. Pounder

Meaning of "dormitory" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DORMITORY

From Latin dormītōrium, from dormīre to sleep.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DORMITORY

dormitory  [ˈdɔːmɪtərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DORMITORY

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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Dormitory is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DORMITORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

dormitory

Dormitory

A dormitory in the United States is a residence hall consisting of sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people, often boarding school, college or university students. In the UK, the word has an earlier, different but related meaning: it refers specifically to an individual room in which many people sleep, typically at a boarding school. The UK equivalent of the American word as applied to university buildings is hall of residence, often shortened to halls. At some institutes, each residence hall has its own hall council. Where they exist, such individual councils are usually part of a larger organization called, variously, Residence Hall Association, Resident Students Association, or Junior Common Room Committee which typically provides funds and oversees the individual building council. These student led organizations are often connected at a national level by the National Association of College and University Residence Halls. Collectively, these hall councils plan social and educational events, and voice student needs to their respective administration.

Definition of dormitory in the English dictionary

The first definition of dormitory in the dictionary is a large room, esp at a school or institution, containing several beds. Other definition of dormitory is a building, esp at a college or camp, providing living and sleeping accommodation. Dormitory is also denoting or relating to an area from which most of the residents commute to work.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DORMITORY


auditory
ˈɔːdɪtərɪ
depository
dɪˈpɒzɪtərɪ
extralimitary
ˌekstrəˈlɪmɪtərɪ
fumitory
ˈfjuːmɪtərɪ
hereditary
hɪˈrɛdɪtərɪ
inhibitory
ɪnˈhɪbɪtərɪ
limitary
ˈlɪmɪtərɪ
military
ˈmɪlɪtərɪ
monetary
ˈmʌnɪtərɪ
monitory
ˈmɒnɪtərɪ
planetary
ˈplænɪtərɪ
proprietary
prəˈpraɪɪtərɪ
regulatory
ˌrɛɡjʊˈleɪtərɪ
repository
rɪˈpɒzɪtərɪ
sanitary
ˈsænɪtərɪ
solitary
ˈsɒlɪtərɪ
termitary
ˈtɜːmɪtərɪ
territory
ˈtɛrɪtərɪ
unitary
ˈjuːnɪtərɪ
vomitory
ˈvɒmɪtərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DORMITORY

dorm
dormancy
dormant
dormer
dormer window
dormered
dormice
dormie
dormient
dormin
dormition
Dormition of the Blessed Virgin
dormitive
dormitories
Dormobile
dormouse
dormy
Dornbirn
dorneck
dornick

WORDS THAT END LIKE DORMITORY

Australian Antarctic Territory
Australian Capital Territory
British Antarctic Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory
directory
expository
Federal Capital Territory
federal territory
home territory
Indian Territory
Northern Territory
Northwest Territory
premonitory
suppository
the Territory
transitory
trust territory
union territory
vanitory
virgin territory
Yukon Territory

Synonyms and antonyms of dormitory in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «dormitory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DORMITORY

Find out the translation of dormitory to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dormitory from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dormitory» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

宿舍
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dormitorio
570 millions of speakers

English

dormitory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छात्रावास
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

قَاعَةُ النَوْم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

общая спальня
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dormitório
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছাত্রাবাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dortoir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Asrama
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schlafsaal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

共同寝室
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기숙사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Asrama
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ký túc xá
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தங்குமிட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लहान मुलांच्या वसतिगृहात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yurt
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

camerata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sala sypialna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спальня
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dormitor comun
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοιτώνας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

koshuis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sovsal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sovesal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dormitory

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DORMITORY»

The term «dormitory» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.626 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DORMITORY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dormitory

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4 QUOTES WITH «DORMITORY»

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Marcus Brigstocke
I'd lie in bed in my dormitory and grab at bits of my body, wanting to tear them off... I was so large by then that, in the heat, my thighs chafed together and bled. I was very unhappy, and yet no one ever asked me how I felt.
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Liang Chow
In China, I lived in a dormitory, and the government paid for everything - food, buses. In Iowa, I had to run after the bus, and cook for myself. The first weeks in the U.S., I was asking, 'Where is my food?'
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C. C. H. Pounder
With acting, I started very young, and I'd performed for a lot of children in boarding schools, late at night after the dormitory lights were out. I'd have a flashlight, and I'd be Count Dracula, or Shakespeare, or Yogi Bear, and leap from bunk to bunk. I loved the laughter; I liked the way it made people feel.
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James Tobin
After the United States entered the war, I joined the Naval Reserve and spent ninety days in a Columbia University dormitory learning to be a naval officer.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DORMITORY»

Discover the use of dormitory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dormitory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Dormitory Girls: A Sketch...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Edward Antonio Paulton, 2012
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Aspects of Indian Social Anthropology
One such structure is inherent in the youth dormitory system among certain tribal communities ofNorth-East India. These dormitories are of two types : one for young boys, where only the males are allowed to join, and the other is for girls where ...
Rann Singh Mann, 1996
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College Dormitory Fire; Dover, Delaware and Farmville, Virginia
The potential threat of college dormitory fires is often not taken seriously enough by students until it is too late. Campus authorities and students sometimes let their guard down because of the high frequency of pranks and false alarms.
US Fire Administration
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Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 7 - ...
Dormitory or residence hall libraries have long seemed like a good idea. This type of library has appealed to librarians who believe that a collection of books in the right place will aid the student to educate himself and, hopefully, instill in him  ...
Allen Kent, Harold Lancour, 1972
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Indian Society, Institutions and Change
All the youths of the tribe pass their night in the dormitory. The boys and girls sleep separately. In the villages where there is no dormitory for the girls, they sleep in the house of some old woman. Such is the custom in the Munda tribe. In Bastar ...
Rajendra K. Sharma, 2004
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Tribal Women: On the Threshold of Twenty-first Century
9. GIRLS'. DORMITORY. AND. FREEDOM. OF. WOMEN. For smooth functioning of society some definite structural format is maintained. Right from the inception of humanity society has been availing of and depending upon some norms and ...
K. Mann, 1996
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A Voice from the Dormitory: Being a Collection of Sacred ...
Being a Collection of Sacred Poems, the Majority of which are from Old Authors. And now you rise, eternally to shine, Eternally to drink the rays divine. Indulgent God! oh, how shall mortal raise His soul to due returns of grateful praise, For ...
‎1835
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Register - University of California
Lopez, Alonzo W. Santa Ana 3d yr—South Dormitory Lutyen, Clifford D. Covina 1lst yr—West Dormitory Lutz, Howard Arthur 14th yr—Beta Phi House Santa Ana McCorkle, Chester 0. Soledad 3d yr—Davis McDonald, Mark E. Oakland 14th ...
University of California, Berkeley, 1925
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Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine
Associated with this, corridor residents exhibited lower thresholds for crowding and avoided social interaction outside the dormitory environment, reported lower feelings of control in shared spaces, were less likely to know how hallmates felt ...
Susan Ayers, Andrew Baum, Chris McManus, 2007
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Take the Young Stranger by the Hand: Same-Sex Relations and ...
In the 1920s, YMCA leaders began to devote increasing attention to the dormitory problem, though there had been some discussion of the dilemmas posed by dormitory work from around the turn of the century. See John S. Schroeder, ...
John Donald Gustav-Wrathall, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DORMITORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dormitory is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fitch Affirms University of Florida Dormitory Revs & Student Activity …
UF's dormitory revenue bonds are secured by net revenues from the operations of UF's housing system (the system). The SARBs are secured ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
2
DiNapoli: Dormitory Authority overstated MWBE contract numbers
The state Dormitory Authority's claims of how much business it did minority- and women-owned business contractors in recent years are ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»
3
In a first, dormitory for female police officers in city
The Mumbai Police are planning a 'dormitory' for female police officers to solve their basic need of affordable accommodation in the city. «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
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Listen to the Goldeneye 007 soundtrack as it was always meant to …
... in some way, the object of lavish late-night dormitory marathons, or glittering in your peripheral vision as you pursued that one guy you liked. «Boing Boing, Jul 15»
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Channelling history
They hope to raise $75,000 to provide running water for the showers and toilets, classrooms, a dormitory and a vehicle at the centre, which ... «Community Newspaper Group, Jul 15»
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Former Dayton basketball player found guilty in burglaries
Prosecutor Mat Heck Jr. says some dormitory rooms were broken into and property was stolen Dec. 14, and Scott and fellow player Jalen ... «Bradenton Herald, Jul 15»
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Advice: Do I have to pony up for a 'dormwarming' party?
(Do not attempt to research this phenomenon by Googling “dormitory shower,” however, especially at work. Take my word for it.) New grads ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
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The scoop: Children's concert pairs opera, ice cream at Four Arts
“This crazy guy was walking down the hall of the dormitory waving his hands excitedly saying, 'Who wants tickets to the [touring] Met Opera? «Palm Beach Daily News, Jul 15»
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Warden details plan for unmanned prison towers
Other security measures include shutting down one of two dormitory style units and reassigning staff to increase the number of guards ... «Green Bay Press Gazette, Jul 15»
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Prefab prison cells a thought
Part of the work to alter the plan for the cells would involve eliminating one dormitory to make room for 14 to 22 additional cells. Bridy said ... «News Item, Jul 15»

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