RESIDENCE Definition & Meaning

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residence

[ rez-i-duhns ]

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noun

the place, especially the house, in which a person lives or resides; dwelling; home:
Their residence is in New York City.
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a structure serving as a dwelling or home, especially one of large proportion and superior quality:
They have a summer residence in Connecticut.
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the act or fact of residing:
during his residence in Spain.
the act of living or staying in a specified place while performing official duties, carrying on studies or research, awaiting a divorce, etc.:
She will spend two terms in resident at Oxford University.
the time during which a person resides in a place:
a residence there of five years.
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the location of the main offices or principal center of business activity of a commercial enterprise, especially a large corporation, as registered under law.
Chemistry. residence time.

residence

/ ˈ��ɛ��ɪ��ə�Բ� /

noun

the place in which one resides; abode or home
a large imposing house; mansion
the fact of residing in a place or a period of residing
the official house of the governor of any of various countries
the state of being officially present
in residence
1. actually resident
  the royal standard indicates that the Queen is in residence
2. 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
the seat of some inherent quality, characteristic, etc

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of residence¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin residentia, equivalent to Latin ��(ŧ��) “to dwell, live in, reside” + -entia noun suffix; reside, -ence

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See house.

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Police officers were directed to the back of a residence in the 5300 hundred block of Waldo Place, where one of the suspects was seen running.

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“We haven’t seen many problems just yet,” said Matthew Covey, the executive director of Tamizdat, a New York nonprofit that helps global artists secure performance and residence visas.

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On Monday, the King and Queen met Lord Llewellyn, the UK's ambassador to Italy, at his residence for the first engagement of the trip.

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Students are exempt from council tax if they live alone, in a halls of residence or solely with other students.

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Doctors said at the time he would need at least two months of rest at his residence.

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