What (who) is Lounge - definition
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Lounge (disambiguation)
lounge
v. n.
1.
Recline, loll.
2.
Loll, dawdle, live lazily, loaf.
lounge
¦ verb recline or stand in a relaxed or lazy way.
¦ noun
1. Brit. a sitting room.
a public sitting room in a hotel or theatre.
a seating area in an airport for waiting passengers.
2. Brit. a spell of lounging.
Origin
C16 (in the sense 'move indolently'): perh. symbolic of slow movement.
lounge
(lounges, lounging, lounged)
1.
In a house, a lounge is a room where people sit and relax. (mainly BRIT)
The Holmbergs were sitting before a roaring fire in the lounge, sipping their cocoa.
= living room
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2.
In a hotel, club, or other public place, a lounge is a room where people can sit and relax.
I spoke to her in the lounge of a big Johannesburg hotel where she was attending a union meeting.
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3.
In an airport, a lounge is a very large room where people can sit and wait for aircraft to arrive or leave.
Instead of taking me to the departure lounge they took me right to my seat on the plane.
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4.
If you lounge somewhere, you sit or lie there in a relaxed or lazy way.
They ate and drank and lounged in the shade...
VERB: V prep
Pronunciation examples for Lounge
1. Lounge?
Screamin' Jay Hawkin's All-Time Greatest Hits _ Mark Binelli _ Talks at Google
2. airport lounge.
The Lean Entrepreneur _ Brant Cooper & Patrick Vlaskovits _ Talks at Google
3. Beer Lounge.
Enjoy _ Virginia Morrison & Marty Mendiola _ Talks at Google
4. Dahlia Lounge.
The Dahlia Bakery Cookbook - Sweetness in Seattle _ Tom Douglas _ Talks at Google
5. costs me $250 for Delta lounge access and unlimited lounge
The Points Guy _ Brian Kelly _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of Lounge
1. Police took Sharif from an airport lounge and onto a bus, a Reuters reporter in the lounge said.
2. The plan, revealed here for the first time, was to include a new business lounge in Terminal 3, operating alongside El Al‘s King David Lounge for business and first–class passengers and the lounge operated by other airlines.
3. But once the business day comes to an end, the coolest place to lounge is Sibir‘s six–month–old lounge at Domodedovo.
4. Sponsored by Tepe–Akfen, the Commercially Important Person lounge ARTICLE Turkish Airlines (THY) is accommodating its business class passengers in a palace–like lounge at Istanbul‘s Atatürk Airport.
5. Abdul Aziz Al–Ghurair said: «The DIC VIP lounge comes as an important milestone after the opening of our first lounge in Abu Dhabi.