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[rez-i-duhns]

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noun

the place, especially the house, in which a person lives or resides; dwelling place; home: Their residence is in New York City.

a structure serving as a dwelling or home, especially one of large proportion and superior quality: They have a summer residence in Connecticut.

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.

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.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Medieval Latin residentia, equivalent to Latin resid(ēre) to reside + -entia -ence

Synonyms
1. habitation, domicile. 1, 2. See house. 2. mansion. 5. stay, abode, sojourn.

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the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; a gram molecule

the quantity of product formed by the interaction of two or more substances, generally expressed as a percentage

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Example Sentences

In theory, the landlord gets control of a rent-controlled apartment once its occupant establishes a primary residence elsewhere.

Along with existing residence halls, the two new three-story buildings create a quad anchoring the northeast corner of the campus.

Governments and universities everywhere should compete to attract qualified students, regardless of nationality or residence.

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In theory, the landlord gets control of a rent-controlled apartment once its occupant establishes a primary residence elsewhere.

Along with existing residence halls, the two new three-story buildings create a quad anchoring the northeast corner of the campus.

Governments and universities everywhere should compete to attract qualified students, regardless of nationality or residence.

The new owners will have the option to take over the lease, but they won't move the system to a new residence.

Please remember to include your full name and city and state of residence.

Water wasn't as plentiful then, plus people usually spent only a few weeks in residence.

He can't get cell-phone coverage at his current residence.

So far one residence has been sold and another is under contract.

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.

Full name, city and state of residence are required.

Five years ago there were only two planes in residence.

Crab lice can take up residence in the eyelashes, where they produce a crusty deposit and red, itchy eyes.

Laeken is the residence of members of the royal family, so security is tight by necessity.

He played on for another three holes and arrived back at his official residence some three hours later.

CO2 has an atmospheric residence on the century-to-millenia timescale.

But when it arrives in a gammarid, it takes up residence in the animal's abdomen.

In my county of residence there have been four count em four, two in one incident, human fatalities in the last decade.

And highly qualified workers still do not get permanent residence permits.

They receive health and other benefits, but only for the period they are in residence.

It has good links with local business through a business partnership programme, guest speakers and executives in residence.

The answer is to use them on site at the business or residence.

It was not clear why she had taken up residence on the campus.

Residence time is the amount of time a water molecule spends in one place in the water cycle.

The two graduate students rented rooms in the off-campus residence.

Booth about installing booths in residence halls and dining areas.

They live in a mix of traditional residence halls and newer two-story townhouses, suites, and apartment complexes.

And its obscenely catchy songs take up permanent residence in the back of your mind.

The agency does not report separately the residence of students enrolled online-only.

Residence in the group home was voluntary, however, and he left.

In the last eight years, for example, he has converted three dormitories into special residence halls for honors students.

The authorities claim she never left the residence alive.

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Collins

World English Dictionary

residence (ˈrɛzɪdəns)

—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.

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

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

Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia

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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"This place is the Devil, or at least his principal residence, they call it the University, but any other appellation would have suited it much better, for study is the last pursuit of the society; the Master eats, drinks, and sleeps, the Fellows drink, dispute and pun, the employments of the undergraduates you will probably conjecture without my description."

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