residence

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The place where one lives (resides); one's home.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A building or portion thereof used as a home, such as a house or an apartment therein.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The place where a corporation is established.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The state of living in a particular place or environment.
  5. (countable, uncountable) Accommodation for students at a university or college.
  6. (countable, uncountable) The place where anything rests permanently.
  7. (countable, uncountable) Subsidence, as of a sediment
  8. (countable, uncountable) That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
  9. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of rezidentura.

Synonyms

dwelling
C2
abode
C2
house
A1
🏠
home
A1
🏠
domicile
46k
habitation
41k

address

accommodation
C2
dwelling place
residency
C2

dwelling house

stay
A1
building
A2
mansion
C1
lodging
C2
housing
C1
place
A1
seat
A2
💺
dwelling-place

residential building

habitat
C2
resident
C1
abidance
hall
B1
room
A1
manse
quarters
B2
sojourn
whereabouts
C1
tenement
31k
villa
B2

mansion house

door
A1
🚪
inhabitance
station
A2
🚉
staying
A2

place to live

rest
A1

residential house

settlement
C1
hometown
C1
reside
C2
situation
A2
office
A1
🏢
bedroom
B1
den
C1
quarter
B2
flat
B1
inhabitation
lodge
C1
Translations

résidence
residenza
Wohnung
woning
🏠
residencia
domicile
abitazione

κατοικία

habitation
Wohnsitz
habitação
alloggio
onderkomen
logies
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹɛz.ɪ.dəns/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
residence
In summary

Inherited from Middle English residence, from Old French residence, from Medieval Latin residentia, from residēns, present participle of resideō, equivalent to reside + -ence.

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