Meaning of roommate in English

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Her furious roommates show up and try to get answers from him, too.
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Later, studies with her two roommates unaware of the dark impact she had in him.
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After discovering that they are to be roommates, the men become close friends.
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Unlike a creepy gothic room-mate, who can be a bad influence.
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Ciancia was not at home at the time and his roommates told them that he had been there earlier in the day.
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The roommates housed and fed the visitors, who would join in civil rights discussions.
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He was no recluse, but his depressive moods often prevented him from enjoying all the activities in which his roommates took part.
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Generally, an event is held every week in which one or more representatives of each team (comprising a group of 4-6, usually roommates) competes.
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The series' plot centers on the girls becoming roommates and starting their own babysitting business.
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There he noticed one of his roommates was attending university and studying biology.
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He often goes out drinking with his roommates in an attempt to pick up women.
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The show is about two roommates who test experimental drugs each week and suffer ridiculous side-effects.
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The two became roommates there and remained lifelong friends.
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They are on-and-off roommates for the rest of the series.
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Over the course of a single month, these roommates infuriate, bewilder, and ultimately reach each other.
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Translations of roommate

in Chinese (Traditional)
舍友,室友,合租一室的人, 同住一套公寓房的人, 合租一套公寓房的人…
in Chinese (Simplified)
舍友,室友,合租一室的人, 同住一套公寓房的人, 合租一套公寓房的人…
in Spanish
compañero de habitación, compañera de habitación, compañero de piso…
in Portuguese
colega de quarto, colega de apartamento, colega de quarto [masculine-feminine]…
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खोलीतला साथीदार, घरातील साथीदार…
(同じ部屋を共有する)ルームメイト, 同室者, (1つの家を共有する)同居者…
oda arkadaşlığı, oda arkadaşı…
camarade [masculine-feminine] de chambre, colocataire [masculine-feminine]…
company, -a d’habitació/pis, -a de pis…
కొంతకాలం పాటు మీతో గదిని పంచుకున్న వ్యక్తి, ఒక అపార్ట్మెంట్ ను కానీ, ఇంటిని కానీ మీతో పంచుకున్న వ్యక్తి…
ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட காலத்திற்கு உங்களுடன் ஒரு அறையைப் பகிர்ந்து கொள்ளும் ஒரு நபர், உங்களுடன் ஒரு அடுக்குமாடி குடியிருப்பு அல்லது வீட்டைப் பகிர்ந்து கொள்ளும் ஒரு நபர்…
रूममेट, (अपार्टमेंट या घर में) रूममेट…
একই ঘরের বাসিন্দা, কক্ষসঙ্গী…
સહનિવાસી…
współlokator/ka, kole-ga/żanka z pokoju, współmieszka-niec/nka…
romkamerat [masculine], huskamerat [masculine]…
방을 같이 쓰는사람, 한집에서 같이 사는 사람…
روم میٹ, ایک ہی کمرہ میں ساتھ رہنے والایا رہنے والی, کرائے کا مکان کا ساتھی…
compagno, -a di stanza, -a di appartamento/casa…
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