anteroom

Related to anteroom: antechambers

an·te·room

(ăn′tē-ro͞om′, -ro͝om′)

An outer room that opens into another room, often used as a waiting room.

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anteroom

(ˈæntɪˌruːm; -ˌrʊm)

(Architecture) a room giving entrance to a larger room, often used as a waiting room

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an•te•room

(ˈæn tiˌrum, -ˌrʊm)

n.

1. a room that admits to a larger room.

2. a waiting room.

[1755–65]

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Noun

anteroom - a large entrance or reception room or area

antechamber, entrance hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule, hall

building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"

narthex - a vestibule leading to the nave of a church

room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"

anteroom

ante-room

noun outer room, lobby, foyer, waiting room, reception room, vestibule, antechamber I was waiting in the anteroom of a radio studio.

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Translations

anticamera antisala

аванзал аванзала

anteroom

[ˈæntɪrʊm] N → antesala f

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anteroom

ante-room [ˈæntiruːm] n (= antechamber) → antichambre fant-heap ant-hill, anthill [ˈænthɪl] n → fourmilière f

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anteroom

n → Vorzimmer nt

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anteroom

[ˈæntɪˌrʊm] n → anticamera

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The elderly lady who had been sitting with the old aunt rose hurriedly and overtook Prince Vasili in the anteroom. All the affectation of interest she had assumed had left her kindly and tearworn face and it now expressed only anxiety and fear.

"How about my son Boris, Prince?" said she, hurrying after him into the anteroom. "I can't remain any longer in Petersburg.

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In the anteroom, Valentine met Barrois, and looked despairingly at the old servant.

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And he rushed towards his anteroom, without any longer heeding Rosa, whom he left in his cabinet.

Scarcely had he reached his anteroom when he cried out aloud on seeing his staircase invaded, up to the very landing-place, by the multitude, which was accompanying, or rather following, a young man, simply clad in a violet-coloured velvet, embroidered with silver; who, with a certain aristocratic slowness, ascended the white stone steps of the house.

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It is not usual in Europe to allow ladies and gentlemen to take bonnets, hats, overcoats, canes, or umbrellas into the auditorium, but in Mannheim this rule was not enforced because the audiences were largely made up of people from a distance, and among these were always a few timid ladies who were afraid that if they had to go into an anteroom to get their things when the play was over, they would miss their train.

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Waiting in the anteroom, looking around me, I was the only one in decent clobber, shirt, tie etc and black shoes.

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Many moons ago I attended a job interview, waiting in the anteroom looking around me I was the only one in decent clobber, shirt, tie and black shoes.

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"We've spent too long as a nation in the anteroom of history.

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The phone rang the next day in the anteroom off the Judiciary Committee.

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During a break in the Senate session on Friday, Coons said Saturday in New York, Flake's "first comment to me when we went sort of backstage in the anteroom was, this is tearing this country apart, and I deeply respect Jeff for standing up to a ton of pressure to demand a one-week pause and an expanded FBI background check."