Definition of residence
1a : the act or fact of dwelling in a place for some timeb : the act or fact of living or regularly staying at or in some place for the discharge of a duty or the enjoyment of a benefit
2a (1) : the place where one actually lives as distinguished from one's domicile or a place of temporary sojourn (2) : domicile 2ab : the place where a corporation is actually or officially establishedc : the status of a legal resident
3a : a building used as a home : dwellingb : housing or a unit of housing provided for students
4a : the period or duration of abode in a placeb : a period of active and especially full-time study, research, or teaching at a college or university
in residence
: engaged to live and work at a particular place often for a specified time poet in residence at a university
From the M-W Editors
Examples of residence in a Sentence
He recently ended his residence at the apartment complex.
They were granted residence in this country.
Recent Examples of residence from the Web
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Buildings with 10 or more units, nonprofits and residences along commercial strips can apply for service.
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Its ensemble-in-residence, NOW, is based in New York, as is New Amsterdam Records.
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The 9,440-square-foot home is not James' primary residence.
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A woman came home and found a man inside the residence.
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On Wednesday, an LAPD officer confirmed to USA Today that James, whose primary residence is in Akron, Ohio, was not present at the time of the vandalism.
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ESCO Spokeswoman Teri Tolbert said shortly after midnight, deputies were dispatched to a residence at 402 Victory street in East Brewton in an attempt to serve a felony warrant to Timothy Tyrone Dees.
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The Palestinians have also yet to formally drop their demand for a right of descendants of refugees uprooted at the time of Israel’s creation — and these now number in the millions — to return to ancestral places of residence in Israel.
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Drug companies pressured labs for years for access to the testing data, but the labs pushed back, says Adam Tanner, a writer in residence at Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science and author of the book Our Bodies, Our Data.
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First Known Use of residence
14th century
RESIDENCE Defined for English Language Learners
residence
playDefinition of residence for English Language Learners
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: the state of living in a particular place
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: the place where someone lives
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: legal permission to live in a country
RESIDENCE Defined for Kids
residence
playDefinition of residence for Students
1 : the act or fact of living in a place
2 : a building used for a home
3 : the time during which a person lives in a place
Law Dictionary
residence
playLegal Definition of residence
1 : the act or fact of living in a place
2a : the place where one actually lives as distinguished from a domicile or place of temporary sojourn a person can have more than one residence but only one domicile Editor's note: A distinction is usually maintained between domicile and residence based on the relative permanency of a domicile and the intent to make it a principal place of abode. In some contexts, however, such as for determining proper venue domicile and residence are used as synonyms. Similarly residence and domicile are sometimes used as synonyms with regard to the place of incorporation of a business. b : a place in which a corporation does business or is licensed to do business
3 : the status of a resident
4 : dwelling
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