condo

noun

con·​do ˈkän-(ˌ)dō How to pronounce condo (audio)
plural condos
: condominium sense 3: such as
a
: a unit in a multiunit structure (such as an apartment building) or on land owned in common (such as a town house complex)
He lives with his wife … in a really great condo with a really great view of Boston Harbor.Wendy Wasserstein
b
: a building containing condominiums
Pastel condos dot the hills, and chili stores and sweet "shoppes" line the main drag.Ted Fishman

Examples of condo in a Sentence

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Overall housing starts, a measure of how many homes, apartments, condos and other projects are being built, fell 3.1% in October. Austin Denean, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024 By Wednesday, an online GoFundMe site had been launched to collect donations for newlyweds who lost their home and two cats in the explosion at their condo. Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024 When the apartments were renovated and converted into condos around 2000, the units on the second floor had separate owners; that is, until Williamses came along. Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2024 It's been a successful strategy, with Witkoff developing multiple luxury condo and hotel properties in Manhattan, Los Angeles and Miami, as well as several apartment buildings. Giacomo Tognini, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for condo 

Word History

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of condo was in 1964

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“Condo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/condo. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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condo

noun
con·​do ˈkän-dō How to pronounce condo (audio)
plural condos

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