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(flæt)adj.flat•ter, flat•test,adj.
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apartmentIn British English, aflat is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a large building.
In American English, a set of rooms like this is usually called anapartment.
In British English, a large building containing flats is usually called ablock of flats.
In American English, and sometimes in British English, it is called anapartment building or anapartment block.
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flatlyFlat is usually a noun or an adjective, but it is sometimes an adverb.
In British English, aflat is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a large building.
Something that isflat is not sloping, curved, or pointed.
If something lies or restsflat against a surface, all of it is touching the surface.
Aflat refusal, denial, or rejection is definite and firm, and not likely to be changed.
The adverb corresponding to this meaning offlat isflatly, not 'flat'.
Flatly goes in front ofrefuse anddeny, but you put it aftersay andstate.
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Past participle:flatted
Gerund:flatting
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I flat |
you flat |
he/she/it flats |
we flat |
you flat |
they flat |
Preterite |
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I flatted |
you flatted |
he/she/it flatted |
we flatted |
you flatted |
they flatted |
Present Continuous |
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I am flatting |
you are flatting |
he/she/it is flatting |
we are flatting |
you are flatting |
they are flatting |
Present Perfect |
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I have flatted |
you have flatted |
he/she/it has flatted |
we have flatted |
you have flatted |
they have flatted |
Past Continuous |
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I was flatting |
you were flatting |
he/she/it was flatting |
we were flatting |
you were flatting |
they were flatting |
Past Perfect |
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I had flatted |
you had flatted |
he/she/it had flatted |
we had flatted |
you had flatted |
they had flatted |
Future |
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I will flat |
you will flat |
he/she/it will flat |
we will flat |
you will flat |
they will flat |
Future Perfect |
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I will have flatted |
you will have flatted |
he/she/it will have flatted |
we will have flatted |
you will have flatted |
they will have flatted |
Future Continuous |
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I will be flatting |
you will be flatting |
he/she/it will be flatting |
we will be flatting |
you will be flatting |
they will be flatting |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been flatting |
you have been flatting |
he/she/it has been flatting |
we have been flatting |
you have been flatting |
they have been flatting |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been flatting |
you will have been flatting |
he/she/it will have been flatting |
we will have been flatting |
you will have been flatting |
they will have been flatting |
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I had been flatting |
you had been flatting |
he/she/it had been flatting |
we had been flatting |
you had been flatting |
they had been flatting |
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I would flat |
you would flat |
he/she/it would flat |
we would flat |
you would flat |
they would flat |
Past Conditional |
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I would have flatted |
you would have flatted |
he/she/it would have flatted |
we would have flatted |
you would have flatted |
they would have flatted |
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Noun | 1. | ![]() alluvial flat,alluvial plain - a flat resulting from repeated deposits of alluvial material by running water champaign,plain,field - extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth" salt flat,salt plain - a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water |
2. | flat - a shallow box in which seedlings are started box - a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts" | |
3. | flat - a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named musical notation - (music) notation used by musicians double flat - a musical notation of two flats in front of a note indicating that it is to be lowered by two semitones | |
4. | ![]() freight car - a railway car that carries freight | |
5. | ![]() pneumatic tire,pneumatic tyre - a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc | |
6. | flat - scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting mise en scene,stage setting,setting - arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted | |
7. | ![]() apartment building,apartment house - a building that is divided into apartments bedsit,bedsitter,bedsitting room - a furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing) cold-water flat - an apartment without modern conveniences duplex apartment,duplex - an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase efficiency apartment - a furnished apartment with a kitchenette and bathroom flatlet - a tiny flat kitchenette - small kitchen maisonette,maisonnette - a self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside penthouse - an apartment located on the top floors of a building railroad flat - an apartment whose rooms are all in a line with doors between them studio apartment,studio - an apartment with a living space and a bathroom and a small kitchen rooms,suite - apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel) walk-up,walk-up apartment - an apartment in a building without an elevator | |
Adj. | 1. | flat - having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams" even - being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with); "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window" |
2. | flat - having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness; "flat computer monitors" planar,two-dimensional - involving two dimensions | |
3. | ![]() unqualified - not limited or restricted; "an unqualified denial" | |
4. | flat - stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor" unerect - not upright in position or posture | |
5. | flat - lacking contrast or shading between tones photography,picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs contrasty - having sharp differences between black and white | |
6. | flat - (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat" music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner natural - (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone; "a natural scale"; "B natural" sharp - (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "C sharp" | |
7. | flat - flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) biological science,biology - the science that studies living organisms thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint" | |
8. | ![]() tasteless - lacking flavor | |
9. | ![]() unexciting,unstimulating - not stimulating | |
10. | flat - having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola" noneffervescent - not effervescent | |
11. | flat - sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting" unmodulated - characterized by lack of variation in pitch, tone, or volume; "he lectured in an unmodulated voice edged with hysteria" | |
12. | flat - horizontally level; "a flat roof" horizontal - parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a horizontal surface" | |
13. | ![]() multidimensional - having or involving or marked by several dimensions or aspects; "multidimensional problems"; "a multidimensional proposition"; "a multidimensional personality" | |
14. | ![]() dull - emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky" | |
15. | flat - commercially inactive; "flat sales for the month"; "prices remained flat"; "a flat market" inactive - (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly | |
Adv. | 1. | flat - with flat sails; "sail flat against the wind" |
2. | flat - in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay" |
flat
1evenbroken,rolling,rough,up and down,sloping,rugged,irregular,uneven,slanting,hilly
horizontalstraight,upright,vertical,on end,perpendicular
dullexciting,sparkling,tasty,bubbly,palatable,fizzy,effervescent,zestful
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adjectiveflat
1[flæt]he was lying flat on the floor →estabatumbadoen elsuelo
he laid his hands flat on the table →puso lasmanosextendidas sobre lamesa
keep your feet flat on the floor →mantén lospies bienpegados alsuelo
the sea was calm and flat →elmar estabaen calma y no habíaolas
lie flat on yourback →túmbatede espaldasen elsuelo
he was flat on his back for a month after the accident →tuvo queguardar cama durante unmes despuésdelaccidente
to fall flat on one'sface (lit) →caer(se) debruces
the government's campaign fell flat on its face →lacampañadelgobiernoresultó unfracaso
flat as a pancake →liso como lapalma de la mano
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wegot a flat tyre →se nospinchó unarueda, se nos ponchó unallanta (Mex)
Ihad a flat tyre →tenía unaruedapinchadaordesinflada,tenía unpinchazo,tenía unaponchada (Mex)
theatmosphere at the party was a bit flat →elambientede lafiesta estabaun pocoapagado
I've got a flatbattery →se me hadescargado labatería
I'mfeeling rather flat →estoyun pocodeprimido
she meant it as a joke, but itfell flat →lodijo debroma, pero nadie levio lagracia
the champagne hasgone flat →alchampán se le haido lafuerzaor se le hanido lasburbujas
sales have been flat this summer →lasventas hanestadoflojas esteverano, no ha habido muchomovimiento deventas esteverano
his suggestion met with a flatrefusal →susugerenciarecibió unanegativarotundaorterminante
he says he's not going andthat's flat →dice que no va ysanseacabó
flatjockey →jinetemf decarreras sinobstáculos
the flatseason →latemporada decarreras decaballos sinobstáculos
to be flatbroke →estarpelado, estarsin un duro (Sp) , estar sin unpeso (LAm)
Itold her flat that she couldn't have it →ledijeterminantemente que no se lo podíaquedar
toturn sthdown flat →rechazar algorotundamenteor deplano
togo flat out →ir a todamáquina
togo flat out for sth →intentarconseguir algo por todos losmedios
she went flat out for the title →intentó por todos losmediosconseguir eltítulo
towork flat out (to do sth) →trabajar a todamáquina (para hacer algo)
wegot a flat →se nospinchó unarueda, se nos ponchó unallanta (Mex)
Ihad a flat →tenía unaruedapinchadaordesinflada,tenía unpinchazo,tenía unaponchada (Mex)
mud flats →marismasfpl
salt flats →salinasfpl
flat packNit comes in a flat pack →viene en unacajaplana para el automontaje
flat racingN →carrerasfpl decaballos sinobstáculos
flat screenN (TV, Comput) →pantallafplana
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2[flæt]N (Brit) →apartamentom,pisom (Sp),departamentom (LAm)flat
[ˈflæt]a flat roof →untoitplat
to smooth sth flat →aplatir qch
to be as flat as a pancake →êtrecomplètementà plat
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1[flæt]as flat as a pancake (fam) →completamentepiatto/a (Aut) (tyre) →completamentesgonfio/aora terra
to fall flat on one's face →cadere a terra lungo/adisteso/a,finirefacciaa terra
flat race →corsa piana
I'm not going, and that's flat! (fam) →non civado ebasta!
flat broke (fam) →al verde,in bolletta
in ten minutes flat →in dieciminutispaccati
(to work) flat out →(lavorare)a più non posso
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2[flæt]n (Brit) →appartamentoto go flat-hunting →cercare unappartamento
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(flӕt) adjectiveflat
→شَقَّة,مُنْبَسَط byt, plochý flad, lejlighedflach,Wohnungδιαμέρισμα,επίπεδοςdepartamento,piso,plano asunto, litteäappartement,plat ravan, stanappartamento,piatto フラット, 平らな 아파트식 주거지, 편평한flat,platflat,leilighetmieszkanie,płaskiapartamento,niveladoквартира,плоский lägenhet, platt แฟลต, ราบapartman dairesi,düz căn hộ, phẳng公寓,平坦的flat
- I have aflat tire (US)
I have aflat tyre (UK) →لَدَيَّ عَجَلَةٌ فارِغَةٌ مِنْ الهَواءِ → Mám píchlou pneumatiku → Mit dæk er punkteret →Mein Reifen ist platt →Έσκασε το λάστιχο →Se me ha pinchado una rueda → Pyörän kumi on tyhjä →J'ai un pneu crevé → Probušena mi je guma →Ho forato una ruota → タイヤがパンクしました → 타이어 바람이 빠졌어요 →Ik heb een platte band →Jeg har punktert →Mam przebitą oponę →O pneu está furado →У меня спущена шина → Jag har fått punktering → ยางจักรยานฉันแบน →Lastiğim patladı → Tôi bị bể bánh xe →车胎没气了 - I have aflat tire (US)
I've aflat tyre (UK) →الإطارُ فَارِغٌ مِنْ الهَوَاءِ → Mám píchlou pneumatiku → Jeg har et punkteret dæk →Ich habe einen platten Reifen →Έπαθα λάστιχο →Se me ha pinchado una rueda → Rengas on tyhjentynyt →J'ai un pneu crevé → Guma mi je prazna →Ho un pneumatico a terra → タイヤがパンクしています → 타이어 바람이 빠졌어요 →Ik heb een platte band →Det ene dekket er flatt →Złapałemgumę →O pneu está furado →У меня спущена шина → Jag har punktering → ยางรถฉันแบน →Lastiğim patlak → Tôi bị bẹp lốp →我的车轮胎没气了 - The battery is dead (US)
The battery isflat (UK) →االبَطَّاريَّةُ فارِغَةٌ → Mám vybitou autobaterii → Batteriet er dødt →Die Batterie ist leer →Έπεσε η μπαταρία →Me he quedado sin batería → Akku on tyhjä →La batterie est morte → Akumulator je prazan →La batteria è scarica → バッテリーが上がってしまいました → 배터리가 다 됐어요 →De accu is leeg →Batteriet er flatt →Wyładował się akumulator →A bateria acabou →Разрядился аккумулятор → Batteriet är urladdat → แบตหมด →Akü bitti → Ắc quy bị hết →电瓶没电了
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