Definitions for residence
ˈrɛz ɪ dənsres·i·dence

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. residence, abode(noun)

   any address at which you dwell more than temporarily

   "a person can have several residences"

2. residence(noun)

   the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)

   "he refused to live in the governor's residence"

3. residency, residence, abidance(noun)

   the act of dwelling in a place

4. mansion, mansion house, manse, hall, residence(noun)

   a large and imposing house

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. residence(Noun)

   The place where one lives.

2. residence(Noun)

   A building used as a home.

3. residence(Noun)

   The place where a corporation is established.

4. residence(Noun)

   The state of living in a particular place or environment.

5. residence(Noun)

   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.":

Origin: From residentia, from residentem (nominative of residentis), from residere.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Residence(noun)

   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

2. Residence(noun)

   the place where one resides; an abode; a dwelling or habitation; esp., a settled or permanent home or domicile

3. Residence(noun)

   the residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence

4. Residence(noun)

   the place where anything rests permanently

5. Residence(noun)

   subsidence, as of a sediment

6. Residence(noun)

   that which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. RESIDENCE

   A rural locality inhabited annually--for a few hours--by a rich New Yorker or Bostonian.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'residence' in Nouns Frequency: #1948

How to pronounce residence?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of residence in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of residence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of residence in a Sentence

1. Zhou Hong-ling:

   This would be a rich person's residence today.

2. Pauline Musariri:

   Past is a place of reference not a place of residence.

3. Karen Pence:

   It's a great gift to give people who come to the residence.

4. Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan:

   Parts of those were recovered from a woodstove at that residence.

5. San Jose police:

   Arriving officers located several family members fleeing the residence.

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