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res·i·dence    Audio Help   [rez-i-duhns] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the place, esp. the house, in which a person lives or resides; dwelling place; home: Their residence is in New York City.
2.a structure serving as a dwelling or home, esp. one of large proportion and superior quality: They have a summer residence in Connecticut.
3.the act or fact of residing: during his residence in Spain.
4.the act of living or staying in a specified place while performing official duties, carrying on studies or research, awaiting a divorce, etc.
5.the time during which a person resides in a place: a residence there of five years.
6.the location of the main offices or principal center of business activity of a commercial enterprise, esp. a large corporation, as registered under law.
7.Chemistry. residence time.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < MF < ML residentia, equiv. to L resid(ére) to reside + -entia -ence]

1. habitation, domicile. 1, 2. See house. 2. mansion. 5. stay, abode, sojourn.
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res·i·dence    Audio Help   (rěz'ĭ-dəns, -děns')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  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.

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residence 
c.1380, from M.L. residentia, from L. residentem (nom. residens) "residing, dwelling," prp. of residere "reside" (see reside). Residential is attested from 1654, "serving as a residence;" meaning "having to do with housing" is from 1856.

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residence

noun
1. any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences" 
2. the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president); "he refused to live in the governor's residence" 
3. the act of dwelling in a place [syn: residency
4. a large and imposing house [syn: mansion

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈresidence1 noun
a person's home, especially the grand house of someone important
Arabic: مَقَر ، مَسْكِن
Chinese (Simplified): 住处
Chinese (Traditional): 住處
Czech: bydliště, rezidence
Danish: residens
Dutch: woning
Estonian: elukoht
Finnish: asunto
French: résidence
German: der Wohnsitz
Greek: κατοικία
Hungarian: rezidencia
Icelandic: heimili, aðsetur
Indonesian: kediaman
Italian: residenza
Japanese: 住居
Korean: 집, 저택
Latvian: rezidence
Lithuanian: buveinė, rezidencija
Norwegian: (embets)bolig, større hus
Polish: rezydencja
Portuguese (Brazil): residência
Portuguese (Portugal): residência
Romanian: rezi­denţă
Russian: дом, резиденция
Slovak: bydlisko; rezidencia
Slovenian: rezidenca
Spanish: residencia
Swedish: bostad, residens
Turkish: konut, ikametgâh
ˈresidence2 noun
the act of living in a place, or the time of this
Example: during his residence in Spain
Arabic: إقامَه، سَكْنى
Chinese (Simplified): 居留
Chinese (Traditional): 居留
Czech: pobyt
Danish: ophold
Dutch: verblijf
Estonian: viibimine, elamine
Finnish: asumisaika
French: séjour
German: der Aufenthalt
Greek: διαμονή
Hungarian: tartózkodás
Icelandic: búseta, dvöl
Indonesian: permukiman
Italian: soggiorno
Japanese: 居住
Korean: 거주(기간)
Latvian: dzīvošana; uzturēšanās
Lithuanian: gyvenimas, buvimas
Norwegian: opphold
Polish: pobyt
Portuguese (Brazil): residência
Portuguese (Portugal): residência
Romanian: şedere
Russian: проживание
Slovak: pobyt
Slovenian: bivanje
Spanish: residencia; estancia
Swedish: vistelse
Turkish: oturma
See also: residence hall, residency, residential, in residence, reside, resident, take up residence

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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

residence res·i·dence (rěz'ĭ-dəns, -děns')
n.
A medical residency.

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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: res·i·dence
Pronunciation: 're-z&-d&ns
Function: noun
1 : the act or fact of living in a place
2 a :the place where one actually lives as distinguished from a domicile or place of temporary sojourn <a person can have more than one residence but only one domicile>
NOTE: Adistinction is usually maintained between domicile and residence based on the relative permanency of a domicile and the intent to make it a principal place of abode. In some contexts,however, such as for determining proper venue domicile and residence are used as synonyms. Similarly residence and domicile are sometimes used as synonyms with regard to theplace of incorporation of a business. b : a place in which a corporation does business or is licensed to do business
3 : the status of a resident
4: DWELLING

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Residence

Res"i*dence\ (r?z"?-dens), n. [F. r['e]sidence. See Resident.]

1. The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of an American in France or Italy for a year.

The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy. --Sir M. Hale.

2. The place where one resides; an abode; a dwelling or habitation; esp., a settled or permanent home or domicile. "Near the residence of Posthumus." --Shak.

Johnson took up his residence in London. --Macaulay.

3. (Eng.Eccl.Law) The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence.

4. The place where anything rests permanently.

But when a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all his regal power, he then, . . . fights against his own majesty and kingship. --Milton.

5. Subsidence, as of a sediment. [Obs.] --Bacon.

6. That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.

Syn: Domiciliation; sojourn; stay; abode; home; dwelling; habitation; domicile; mansion.

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