What does reside mean?

Definitions for reside
rɪˈzaɪdre·side

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word reside.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. reside, shack, domicile, domiciliateverb

    make one's home in a particular place or community

    "may parents reside in Florida"

  2. occupy, reside, lodge inverb

    live (in a certain place)

    "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor"

  3. rest, reside, reposeverb

    be inherent or innate in;

Wiktionary

  1. resideverb

    To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.

  2. resideverb

    To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.

  3. resideverb

    To sink; to settle, as sediment.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To RESIDEverb

    Etymology: resideo, Lat. resider, Fr.

    How can God with such reside? John Milton.

    In no fix’d place the happy souls reside;
    In groves we live, and lie on mossy beds. John Dryden, Æneis.

    Oil of vitriol and petroleum, a drachm of each, turn into a mouldy substance; there residing in the bottom a fair cloud and a thick oil on the top. Boyle.

Wikipedia

  1. reside

    A residence is a place (normally a building) used as a home or dwelling, where people reside.

ChatGPT

  1. reside

    To reside means to live or dwell permanently or for a long period of time in a particular place, such as a city or a house. It can also refer to something existing or being situated within.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Resideverb

    to dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to have one's domicile of home; to remain for a long time

  2. Resideverb

    to have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element

  3. Resideverb

    to sink; to settle, as sediment

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Reside

    rē-zīd′, v.i. to remain sitting: to dwell permanently: to abide: to live: to inhere.—ns. Res′idence, act of dwelling in a place: place where one resides, a domicile: that in which anything permanently inheres: the settling of liquors; Res′idency, residence: the official dwelling of a government officer in India.—adj. Res′ident, dwelling in a place for some time: residing on one's own estate: residing in the place of one's duties: not migratory.—n. one who resides: a public minister at a foreign court.—n. Res′identer (Scot.).—adjs. Residen′tial, residing: having actual residence—(rare) Resident′al; Residen′tiary, residing, esp. of one bound to reside for a certain time every year at a cathedral church.—n. one who keeps a certain residence, esp. an ecclesiastic.—ns. Residen′tiaryship; Res′identship; Resī′der. [O. Fr.,—L. residērere-, back, sedēre, to sit.]

Editors Contribution

  1. reside

    The act and fact of living at a specific address or location.

    People reside in various types of property around the world.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 19, 2020  

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Anagrams for reside »

  1. desire

  2. eiders

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of reside in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of reside in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of reside in a Sentence

  1. Anne Barrett Doyle of BishopAccountability.org:

    Today's news from Minnesota is a sobering reminder that the real source of accountability in the Catholic abuse crisis continues to reside outside the church, nienstedt and Piche would still be in power if not for (Choi's) recent indictment of the archdiocese.

  2. Justin Bieber:

    I will come with a kick a ** album ASAP, my swag is undeniable and my drive is indescribable his love is supernatural his grace is that reliable.... the top is where I reside period whether I make music or not the king said so, but I will come with a vengeance believe that.

  3. Gavin Newsom said Monday:

    The experience we're having is very different depending on what part of the state we reside in.

  4. Nina Shea:

    The Christians don’t reside in those camps because United Nations is too dangerous, they are preyed upon by other residents from the Sunni community and there is infiltration by ISIS and criminal gangs.

  5. Sefi Porath:

    The settlement was completely burnt to the ground, and none of its inhabitants ever returned to reside there again, or to pick through the ruins in order to salvage valuable property.

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    an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
    A defiant
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