Meaning of residence | Babel Free

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1. The place where one lives (resides); one's home.
   countable, uncountable
2. The place where one lives (resides); one's home
3. Committed to live and work in a specific place, often for a certain length of time: an artist in residence at a college.
4. A building or portion thereof used as a home, such as a house or an apartment therein.
   countable, uncountable
5. A building or portion thereof used as a home, such as a house or an apartment therein
6. A building or shelter where one lives:abode, domicile, dwelling, habitation, home, house, lodging (often used in plural), place.
7. The place where a corporation is established.
   countable, uncountable
8. The place where a corporation is established
9. a person who lives or has his home in a particular place. a resident of Edinburgh. inwoner مُقيم жител residente obyvatel, -ka der/die Einwohner(in) borger κάτοικοςhabitante (alaline) elanik مقیم asukas habitant/-ante תושב निवासी prebivalac, rezident lakos penduduk íbúi residente 居住者 거주자 (nuolatinis) gyventojas (pastāvīgs) iedzīvotājs penduduk inwonerbeboermieszkaniec استوګن (مقيم)، ځايى، ميشت، اوسېدونكى residente locuitor житель obyvateľ, -ka prebivalec stanovnik bofast person, invånare ผู้พ...
10. The state of living in a particular place or environment.
    countable, uncountable
11. The state of living in a particular place or environment
12. to live or have one's home in a place. He now resides abroad. woon يُقيم، يَسْكُن живея residir bydlit, sídlit wohnen bo; være bosiddende κατοικώ, διαμένωresidir elunema اقامت داشتن یا کردن asua résider לָגוּר रहना stanovati, prebivati lakik tinggal eiga heima risiedere 居住する 거주하다 gyventi dzīvot menetap wonenbo, være bosatt, residere zamieszkiwać na stałe اوسېدونكى residir a locui проживать bývať prebivati živeti bo, vistas อาศัยอยู่ oturmak 居住 проживати; перебувати بود و باش کرنا cư trú 居住
13. Accommodation for students at a university or college.
    countable, uncountable
14. Accommodation for students at a university or college
15. the home of the governor etc in a colony etc. ampswoning مَقَر الحاكِم في مُسْتَعْمَرَه резиденция residência oficial sídlo, rezidence die Residenz residens διοικητήριο residencia oficial residents محل اقامت نماینده دولت residenssi résidence officielle מָעון רִשמִי रेजीडेंट नामक सरकारी अफसर के मकान rezidencija rezidencia kediaman gubernur embættisbústaður (residenza ufficiale del governatore nelle colonie) 公邸 총독 대리 공관 rezidencija rezidence rumah gabenor residentiebolig, residensrezydencja اړګ...
    etc
16. The place where anything rests permanently.
    countable, uncountable
17. (American dormitory) a building with rooms for university students to live in. koshuis مَسْكِن الطُلاب في الجامِعَه общежитие república / dormitório (universitário) kolej der Studenten(wohn)heim studenterhjem; kollegium φοιτητική εστία residencia de estudiantes, colegio mayor ühiselamu خوابگاه شبانه روزی asuntola résidence universitaire מְעוֹנוֹת युनिवर्सिटी के छात्रों के लिए रहने की इमारत studentski dom kollégium asrama (casa dello studente) （大学などの）寄宿舎 대학 기숙사 bendrabutis studentu kopmītne ba...
    American
18. Subsidence, as of a sediment
    countable, uncountable
19. (especially of someone important) staying in a place, sometimes to perform some official duties. The Queen is in residence here this week. woon daar مُقيم، نازِلٌ في в резиденцията residente pobývající residieren residerende σε επίσημη διαμονή visita oficial kohal viibima اقامت داشتن olla paikalla en résidence גָר בִמעוֹנוֹ הַרִשמִי किसी खास स्थान पर रहना u rezidenciji tartózkodik tinggal di suatu tempat dveljast á staðnum (in sede) 住んで 주재하는 apsigyvenęs uzturēšanās/vizīte (kādā vietā) tinggal...
    especially
20. That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
    countable, uncountable
21. to go and live (in a place, building etc). He has taken up residence in France. gaan woon يَذْهَب وَيَسْكُن، يُقيم في заселвам се passar a residir (em) usadit se seinen Wohnsitz aufschlagen tage ophold εγκαθίσταμαιestablecerse elama minema اقامت داشتن muuttaa asumaan établir sa demeure עַבָר לַגוּר בְּ- जाना और रहना uzeti državljanstvo letelepszik menetap setjast að andare a vivere 居を定める 주거를 정하다 apsigyventi apmesties uz dzīvi pergi untuk tinggal zich vestigenflytte inn i embetsbolig, tjeneste...
    etc
22. Synonym of rezidentura.
    countable, uncountable
23. The place in which one lives; a dwelling.
24. The act or a period of residing in a place.

Equivalents

Examples

“Johnson took up his residence in London.”

“The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy.”

“But when a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all his regal power, he then […] fights against his own majesty and kingship.”

“Separation[…]is wrought by Weight; as in the ordinary Residence or Settlement of Liquors.”

“waters of a muddy residence”

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