What does residence mean?
Definitions for residence
ˈrɛz ɪ dənsres·i·dence
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word residence.
Princeton's WordNet
residence, abodenoun
any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
"a person can have several residences"
residencenoun
the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)
"he refused to live in the governor's residence"
residency, residence, abidancenoun
the act of dwelling in a place
mansion, mansion house, manse, hall, residencenoun
a large and imposing house
Wiktionary
residencenoun
The place where one lives.
Etymology: From residentia, from residentem (nominative of residentis), from residere.
residencenoun
A building used as a home.
Etymology: From residentia, from residentem (nominative of residentis), from residere.
residencenoun
The place where a corporation is established.
Etymology: From residentia, from residentem (nominative of residentis), from residere.
residencenoun
The state of living in a particular place or environment.
Etymology: From residentia, from residentem (nominative of residentis), from residere.
residencenoun
Street address of a person.
1859 Easton, Alexander, A Practical Treatise on Street or Horse-Power Railways, p 108, "Rules adopted by the Sixth Avenue Railway, N. Y.":
Etymology: From residentia, from residentem (nominative of residentis), from residere.
Webster Dictionary
Residencenoun
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
Residencenoun
the place where one resides; an abode; a dwelling or habitation; esp., a settled or permanent home or domicile
Residencenoun
the residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence
Residencenoun
the place where anything rests permanently
Residencenoun
subsidence, as of a sediment
Residencenoun
that which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
RESIDENCE
A rural locality inhabited annually--for a few hours--by a rich New Yorker or Bostonian.
Editors Contribution
residence
A form of housing where a person or people live.
The residence was on the map with a known postcode.
Submitted by MaryC on March 10, 2020
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'residence' in Nouns Frequency: #1948
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of residence in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of residence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of residence in a Sentence
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that looks at residence-based exposure conducted across a broad geographic range, across the entire United States.
It was brief, but Franklin Roosevelt turned Blue Room into Franklin Roosevelt office for meetings, and used the Yellow Oval upstairs in the Executive Residence for Franklin Roosevelt private office.
Khaleda Zia is not confined, who has confined her? She can go to her residence any time.
People have always been interested in celebrities and powerful people and their homes, immediately after the death of Ludwig II in 1886, the first tourists came and wanted to see what their king had built as his private residence.
The town of Hamburg police department is investigating an incident that allegedly occurred at the residence of Patrick Kane last weekend, at this time we are gathering information and awaiting forensic testing results.
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Translations for residence
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- مسكنArabic
- местожителствоBulgarian
- seu social, residènciaCatalan, Valencian
- sídloCzech
- bopælDanish
- Sitz, Firmensitz, Wohnsitz, WohnortGerman
- τόπος κατοικίας, κατοικία, έδραGreek
- loĝejoEsperanto
- residenciaSpanish
- kotitalo, koti, asuinpaikka, kotipaikka, asunto, asuinrakennusFinnish
- búsetur, bústaðurFaroese
- résidence, siège socialFrench
- còmhnaidh, ionad-còmhnaidhScottish Gaelic
- रहने का स्थान, गृह, निवासHindi
- lakhelyHungarian
- bústaðurIcelandic
- residenzaItalian
- 住宅Japanese
- 주소Korean
- residentie, woonplaatsDutch
- bosted, boligNorwegian
- residênciaPortuguese
- местожительствоRussian
- prebivalište, obitavalište, boravište, stan, staništeSerbo-Croatian
- boställe, bostad, boplatsSwedish
- makaoSwahili
- నివాసముTelugu
- rezidans, hane, ev, konutTurkish
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