residenceres‧i‧dence /ˈrezɪdəns/ ●○○ AWL noun 
the ambassador’s official residence► see thesaurus at home2[uncountable] legal permission to live in a country for a certain period of time SYN residency: a residence permitpermanent/temporary residence Jeff has permanent residence in Canada, but is still a US citizen.3[uncountable] formal the state of living in a place SYN residency: Rome was his main place of residence.4artist/writer etc in residence an artist etc who has been officially chosen by a college or other institution to work there5take up residence formal to start living in a place: He took up residence in Chicago.6in residence formal living in a place at a particular time: The emperor was in residence at his summer palace.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- 10 Downing Street is the British Prime Minister's official residence.
- Joel needed a passport and a residence permit before he could move to the Bahamas.
- One of the greatest residences that Wright designed is Hollyhock House.
- We first met at a cocktail party at the residence of the Russian ambassador.
- I am meeting Enya and the Ryans somewhere near her carefully guarded Killiney residence on a silvery wet and foggy autumn day.
- In addition to a salary, most governors received perquisites such as transportation and an official residence.
- In one week in the 1640s Hurstmonceux had nineteen visitors in residence, apart from others engaged in repair and building works.
- John Major leaves the residence in defeat.
- The missions were not merely churches but entire working communities, with farms, blacksmiths, flour mills and residences.
- They all went to Maeda's residence in Jakarta; he sent messages to the high command, but nobody turned up.
- To that end, the carpeting in virtually all the residences is a bland beige -- making the homes easier to sell.
THESAURUS
the house, apartment, or place where you live: · More and more people are working from home.· It was past midnight by the time I got home.
a building that someone lives in, especially a building intended for one person, couple, or family: · Shall we meet at your house?· Have you seen Dave’s new house – it’s huge!
spoken informal the house, apartment, or room where someone lives: · We went to Sara’s place after the movie.· He’s just bought a fantastic place right by the sea.
formal the house or apartment where someone lives, especially a large or official one: · The prime minister’s official residence is 10 Downing Street.· His wife transferred her main residence to Spain.
British English, vacation home American English a house that someone owns by the sea, in the mountains etc, where they go for their holidays: · They bought a luxury holiday home in Spain.
Longman Language Activatorwhere someone lives the place where you live: · People like to feel secure in their own homes.· Buying your first home is a very important step.family home (=the house where a family has lived for a long time): · To raise the extra money they had to sell the family home.home life (=the things you do at home): · You need to maintain a good balance between your home life and career.
spoken the place where Jerry, my mother, the Carters etc live: · OK. I'll see you at Helen's at eight o'clock.· We were at the Thompsons' last Saturday for dinner.· You've never been to my sister's, have you?
spoken informal the house, apartment etc where someone lives: · Terry's just bought himself a place over in Newgate, overlooking the harbour.somebody's place: · Why don't you come around to our place for a drink on Saturday?· Your place is too small for a party. Let's have it at mine.
formal someone's home, especially the home of an important person, that is sometimes used for official dinners, meetings etc: · 10 Downing Street is the British Prime Minister's official residence.· We first met at a cocktail party at the residence of the Russian ambassador.
the number of the house or building, and the name of the street, road and town where someone lives: · What's your address and telephone number?change of address (=when you move to a different address): · Notify your credit card company of any change of address.address book (=a list of addresses of your friends, family etc): · I checked my address book for Rick's house number.
to start to live in a place to start to live permanently in a country or city, after you have lived in several different places: settle in: · We lived in Thailand, then Singapore, and finally settled in Hong Kong.· The family settled in a small Nevada town where they opened a store.
to start to live in your own home for the first time, for example after getting married or leaving your parents' home: · They first set up house together in Atlanta and moved to Miami three years later.· He rarely left the Brooklyn apartment where he had set up house.set up house with: · Her parents were very upset when she set up house with her boyfriend.
formal to start to live in a country, city, or a building, especially in order to start working at a job: take up residence in: · He left the country in December to take up residence in Panama.take up residence at: · In 1953 Diem took up residence at a monastery in Belgium.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY the ambassador’s official residence Jeff has permanent residence in Canada, but is still a US citizen. Rome was his main place of residence.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the ambassador’s official residence Jeff has permanent residence in Canada, but is still a US citizen. Rome was his main place of residence. (=a house someone is able to use as part of their important job)· the ambassador's official residence in London
(also residency permit especially American English) (=one that allows you to live in a country)· Residence permits will be limited to five years.
formal· By law, you must inform us if you change your place of residence.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· The castle became one of the duke's main northern residences and local families turned naturally to him for lordship.· Accommodation 390 rooms in bungalows or two main residences.· The property is personally owned and occupied, used as a single main residence and there is no letting.· There are a number of exemptions, including a sole or main residence, a private car and life insurance policies.
· He was to spend most of the next fourteen years in official residences.· The administration had now returned to its official residence, and the business of government was under way.· There he had an official residence, but he continued to run his Whitechapel nursery, with another in London Fields.· In addition to a salary, most governors received perquisites such as transportation and an official residence.· There was no need for an official residence for the Foreign Secretary.· It was, in fact, the official London residence of both Charles and Di until the couple formally separated.· No departing presidential couple in history have ever left the official residence so bowed down with booty.
· He remained temporarily in Paris and even considered permanent residence there.· All those with permanent residence in the republic are to be allowed to vote in a 10 December poll.· Bloody Gorgeous seems to have taken up permanent residence in her bed.
· It was originally built as a private residence and the Association bought the home in 1962.· Resorts and private residences remain accessible.· It had the quiet secluded air of a gentleman's private residence about it.· Their love nest is the master suite of a glitzy private residence in a new gated Big D community.· Wortley was closed as long ago as 1955, but part of it survives as a private residence.· The proceeds of sale can be used to pay off less tax-efficient borrowings, such as a mortgage on a private residence.· It is now partly a museum and partly a private residence.
· In 1698, a fire destroyed much of the palace and the royal residence shifted to St James's.· The guest house for the abbey became the nucleus of a royal residence.· And Richmond is only one of the royal residences!
· Police were not interested in her marriage certificate, her permit to leave home or her temporary residence card for Zhuhai.· Management of construction projects overseas usually entails temporary residence in another country.· While Edinburgh itself was growing in importance as a centre of government, the temporary residence was refashioned into a palace.
NOUN· Refurbished Gentlemen's country residence retaining its charm and family atmosphere.
· C., anti-Semitic graffiti were spray-painted on the main gate and on a residence hall.
· The 21 days for a residence order application is the standard.· On 28 January 1992 a residence order was made, with the order for costs which is the subject of this appeal.· This is because the making of a residence order with respect to a child in care discharges an existing care order.· But it is obviously undesirable to have exparte residence orders other than very occasionally.· At a private hearing in Torquay, a judge granted a residence order which allows her to continue living with her grandparents.· Nothing is said about residence orders, either that they can be made or that they can not be made exparte.· Parents, relatives and foster parents may seek a residence order under s8 in order to secure a child's release from care.· The boy's paternal grandmother had unsuccessfully applied for a residence order.
· In addition, residence permits will be limited to five years.· The owners wanted rent, and the government, after granting residence permits, stopped paying.· Statute provides an appeals procedure against deportation, the non renewal of residence permits and other types of restrictions.
· No provision of Community law could justify the residence requirements laid down in the Act of 1988. 70.· Tax tables and residence requirements now are subjects being discussed around batting cages.· A residence requirement applying without discrimination to nationals and nationals of other member states was held in Robert Fearon & Co.· They referred in that connection to their arguments with regard to the residence requirement. 83.· The Commission therefore referred to its observations on the residence requirements.· In the view of the applicants in the main proceedings, a residence requirement would not automatically infringe article 52.
· In the afternoon, we visited the famous Schonbrunn Palace - the former summer residence of the Habsburgs.· St Cloud: the favourite summer residence.
· The presence of hydrogen means they are less stable in the atmosphere, leading to a greatly reduced atmospheric residence time.
VERB· In the 1988 Budget this was changed to apply to the residence only and not to the individual.· The boy's paternal grandmother had unsuccessfully applied for a residence order.
· The stuff enters the residence and the mind with very little effort.
· He said that once he established residence in California, he would get a new license.
· Property was stolen from a residence entered by forcing a rear door.· A residence was entered by forcing a front door.
· Its tearing rage tells of torment and the anguished devils that take up emotional residence in your heart after a fractured romance.· Naturally she took up residence, and by the time Nigel came back she was well established.· The labs' distant agents are Kurds who have taken up residence in the West.· One of them has taken up residence in a hut in Roche's garden.· Suzie announced brightly, as the guilty fat girl I grew up with suddenly took up residence in my body again.· Since Josie had taken up residence, the two would-be lovers had spent exactly one hour and eight minutes in privacy.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► in residence
- A trained psychiatric nurse, he is the current artist in residence at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital.
- Well, towards the end of 1990 I was appointed artist in residence at the Tate Gallery in Liverpool.
- He left the country in December to take up residence in Panama.
- In 1951 he took up residence in Chicago.
- In 1953 Diem took up residence at a monastery in Belgium.
- He's about to take up residence at Hertford College, Oxford.
- He was only a few weeks away from his ninetieth birthday when pneumonia again took up residence in his weary lungs.
- In 1858 a wild rabbit takes up residence in the garden.
- One of them has taken up residence in a hut in Roche's garden.
- The Dee at Chester was fishable but the only action was from 40 cormorants who have taken up residence above the weir.
- The labs' distant agents are Kurds who have taken up residence in the West.
- They take up residence in some numbers in marsh and swampland.
WORD FAMILYnounresidentresidenceresidencyadjectiveresidentresidentialverbreside
1[countable] formal a house, especially a large or official one: the ambassador’s official residence► see thesaurus at home2[uncountable] legal permission to live in a country for a certain period of time SYN residency: a residence permitpermanent/temporary residence Jeff has permanent residence in Canada, but is still a US citizen.3[uncountable] formal the state of living in a place SYN residency: Rome was his main place of residence.4artist/writer etc in residence an artist etc who has been officially chosen by a college or other institution to work there5take up residence formal to start living in a place: He took up residence in Chicago.6in residence formal living in a place at a particular time: The emperor was in residence at his summer palace.