residence
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ɪ noun
1.
2.
a structure serving as a dwelling or home, especially 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, especially a large corporation, as registered under law.
7.
Chemistry, residence time.
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World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 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. | 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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Word Origin & History
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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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
residence res·i·dence (rěz'ĭ-dəns, -děns')
n.
A medical residency.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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residence
in anthropology, the location of a domicile, particularly after marriage. Residence has been an important area of investigation because it is a locus where biological (consanguineal) and marital (affinal) forms of kinship combine.
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Example sentences
Residence time is the amount of time a water molecule spends in one place in the water cycle.
There's usually some friendly banter if the customs official has been near my birthplace or place of residence.
The next step is to figure out what to do with the antibiotics after they take up residence in the plant tissue.
Along with existing residence halls, the two new three-story buildings create a quad anchoring the northeast corner of the campus.
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