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residence

habitation, domicile; stay, sojourn; the place in which a person resides: My residence is within the city limits.

Not to be confused with:

residents – physicians who are in full-time attendance in a hospital and who often live on the premises; those who reside in a place: residents of a condominium complex

res·i·dence

(rĕz′ĭ-dəns, -dĕns′)

1. The place in which one lives; a dwelling.

2. The act or a period of residing in a place.

3. A medical residency.

4. The official home or location of a corporation.

Idiom:

in residence

Committed to live and work in a specific place, often for a certain length of time: an artist in residence at a college.

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residence

(ˈrɛzɪdəns)

1. the place in which one resides; abode or home

2. a large imposing house; mansion

3. the fact of residing in a place or a period of residing

4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the official house of the governor of any of various countries

5. the state of being officially present

6. in residence

a. actually resident: the royal standard indicates that the Queen is in residence.

b. designating a creative artist resident for a set period at a university, college, etc, whose role is to stimulate an active interest in the subject: composer in residence.

7. the seat of some inherent quality, characteristic, etc

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res•i•dence

(ˈrɛz ɪ dəns)

n.

1. the place, esp. the house, in which a person lives or resides; dwelling place; home.

2. the act or fact of residing.

3. the act of living or staying in a specified place, as while performing official duties.

4. the time during which a person resides in a place.

5. the principal center of a business activity as registered under law.

6. the period of time during which a substance, as a chemical, remains adsorbed, suspended, or dissolved.

[1350–1400; < Middle French < Medieval Latin residentia < Latin residēre to reside]

syn: See house.

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Noun	1.	residence - any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences" abode address - the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with domicile, legal residence - (law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time; "what's his legal residence?" home, place - where you live at a particular time; "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?"
	2.	residence - the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president); "he refused to live in the governor's residence" court - the residence of a sovereign or nobleman; "the king will visit the duke's court" deanery - the official residence of a dean house - a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house" manse - the residence of a clergyman (especially a Presbyterian clergyman) palace - official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign) parsonage, rectory, vicarage - an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector cloister, religious residence - residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
	3.	residence - the act of dwelling in a place residency, abidance human action, human activity, act, deed - something that people do or cause to happen lodging - the act of lodging occupancy, tenancy - an act of being a tenant or occupant
	4.	residence - a large and imposing house manse, mansion house, mansion, hall house - a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house" manor, manor house - the mansion of a lord or wealthy person manor hall, hall - the large room of a manor or castle castle, palace - a large and stately mansion stately home - a mansion that is (or formerly was) occupied by an aristocratic family

residence

noun

1. home, house, household, dwelling, place, quarters, flat, lodging, pad (slang), abode, habitation, domicile There was a stabbing at a residence next door.

2. mansion, seat, hall, palace, villa, manor She's staying at her country residence.

3. stay, tenancy, occupancy, occupation, sojourn He returned to his place of residence.

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residence

noun

A building or shelter where one lives:

abode, domicile, dwelling, habitation, home, house, lodging (often used in plural), place.

Chiefly British: dig (used in plural).

Translations

إقامَه، سَكْنىمَقَر ، مَسْكِن

bydlištěpobytrezidence

opholdresidens

Wohnsitz Aufenthalt

κατοικία οίκημα

residencia estancia

asuinpaikkaasuntokotikotipaikkakotitalo

résidence séjour siège social demeure domicile

lakhely

búseta, dvölheimili, aîsetur

residenza soggiorno

bolig embetsbolig større hus

residência

резиденция местожительство

bydlisko

bivališčebivanjerezidenca

bostad

ikametgâhkonutoturma

住处居留

residence

[ˈrezɪdəns]

A. N

1. (= stay) → permanencia f, estancia f (LAm)
after six months' residence → después de seis meses de permanencia
to take up residence (in house) → instalarse; (in country) → establecerse
in residence → residente
when the students are in residence → cuando están los estudiantes
there is a doctor in residence → hay un médico interno
artist in residence → artista mf residente
writer in residence → escritor(a) m/f residente

2. (= home) → residencia f, domicilio m
"town and country residences for sale" → "se venden fincas urbanas y rurales"
the minister's official residence → la residencia oficial del ministro

3. (Univ) (also hall of residence) → colegio m mayor

B. CPD residence permit N → permiso m de residencia

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residence

[ˈrɛzɪdəns] n

(= house) → résidence f

(= living, staying) (in country, area, house) → résidence f
Average residence in one place is less than four years → La durée moyenne de résidence en un endroit est inférieure à quatre ans.
to take up residence → prendre résidence
in residence [queen, king] → en résidence; [doctor] → résident(e)
writer in residence → écrivain mf résident(e)
artist in residence → artiste mf résident(e), artiste mf en résidence
place of residence → lieu de résidenceresidence hall n (US) → résidence f universitaireresidence permit n (British) → permis m de séjour

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residence

(= house) → Wohnhaus nt; (= hostel: for students, nurses) → Wohnheim nt; (of monarch, ambassador etc) → Residenz f; the President’s official residence → der Amtssitz des Präsidenten ? hall

no pl (= stay, living) country of residence → Aufenthaltsland nt; place of residence → Wohnort m; after 5 years’ residence in Britain → nach 5 Jahren Aufenthalt in Großbritannien; to take up residence in the capital → sich in der Hauptstadt niederlassen; residence in the country is restricted to nationals → nur Staatsangehörige können im Land Wohnsitz nehmen (form); to be in residence (monarch, governor etc) → anwesend sein; poet etc in residence (Univ) → ansässiger Dichter etc; the students are now in residence → das Semester hat angefangen

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residence

[ˈrɛzɪd/əns] (frm) n (gen) → residenza; (stay) → permanenza, soggiorno
"desirable residence for sale" → "abitazione signorile vendesi"
to take up residence → prendere residenza
in residence (queen) → in sede
artist/writer in residence artista/scrittore che insegna presso una scuola o università

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resident

(ˈrezidənt) noun

a person who lives or has his home in a particular place. a resident of Edinburgh.

adjective

1. living or having one's home in a place. He is now resident abroad.

2. living, having to live, or requiring a person to live, in the place where he works. a resident caretaker.

reside (rəˈzaid) verb

to live or have one's home in a place. He now resides abroad.

ˈresidence noun

1. a person's home, especially the grand house of someone important.

2. the act of living in a place, or the time of this. during his residence in Spain.

ˈresidency – plural ˈresidencies – noun

the home of the governor etc in a colony etc.

ˌresiˈdential (-ˈdenʃəl) adjective

1. (of an area of a town etc) containing houses rather than offices, shops etc. This district is mainly residential; a residential neighbourhood/area.

2. requiring a person to live in the place where he works. a residential post.

3. of, concerned with, living in a place.

ˈresidence hall noun

(American dormitory) a building with rooms for university students to live in.

in residence

(especially of someone important) staying in a place, sometimes to perform some official duties. The Queen is in residence here this week.

take up residence

to go and live (in a place, building etc). He has taken up residence in France.

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In one State, residence for a short term confirms all the rights of citizenship: in another, qualifications of greater importance are required.

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I think the house and premises may be made comfortable, and given the air of a gentleman's residence, without any very heavy expense, and that must suffice me; and, I hope, may suffice all who care about me."

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Pontellier learned of his wife's intention to abandon her home and take up her residence elsewhere, he immediately wrote her a letter of unqualified disapproval and remonstrance.

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Noel Vanstone from Vauxhall Walk to the residence which he is now occupying.

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"I have copies of these letters, for I found means, during my residence in the hovel, to procure the implements of writing; and the letters were often in the hands of Felix or Agatha.

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-Place Where Captain Cook was Killed.- John Young, a Nautical Governor.- His Story.- Waititi - A Royal Residence.- A Royal Visit - Grand Ceremonials.- Close Dealing- A Royal Pork Merchant- Grievances of a Matter-of-Fact Man.

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Supposing that the Swan's splendid white color arose from his washing in the water in which he swam, the Raven left the altars in the neighborhood where he picked up his living, and took up residence in the lakes and pools.

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Finding a piece of freehold land to be sold in the neighborhood of Fulham, he bought it, and had a cottage residence built on it, under his own directions.

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Our instructions recommended us to examine his lordship's residence, because the extreme privacy of his life at Venice, and the remarkable departure of the only two servants in the house, might have some suspicious connection with the nature of his death.

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The woman had paid but passing attention to the vehicle, merely noting that it discharged no passenger, but stood at the kerb with the motor running as though waiting for a fare from the residence before which it had stopped.

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But before they went there, it was his opinion, confirmed by Count Fosco (who here took up the conversation and continued it to the end), that they would benefit by a short residence first in the genial climate of Torquay.

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I continued two years at my residence in Tigre, entirely taken up with the duties of the mission--preaching, confessing, baptising-- and enjoyed a longer quiet and repose than I had ever done since I left Portugal.