flat
verb/flæt/
/flæt/
[intransitive] (Australian English, New Zealand English)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they flat | /flæt/ /flæt/ |
| he / she / it flats | /flæts/ /flæts/ |
| past simple flatted | /ˈflætɪd/ /ˈflætɪd/ |
| past participle flatted | /ˈflætɪd/ /ˈflætɪd/ |
| -ing form flatting | /ˈflætɪŋ/ /ˈflætɪŋ/ |
- to live in or share a flat
- My sister Zoe flats in Auckland.
Word Originverb sense 1 early 19th cent. (denoting a floor or storey): alteration of obsolete flet ‘floor, dwelling’, of Germanic origin and related to flat ‘level’.Want to learn more?
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