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residenceresidence /ˈrɛzədəns/ ●○○ AWL noun ► permanent/temporary residence All those with permanent residence are allowed to vote. ► place of residence His main place of residence is in Oregon. ► in residence The college usually has 200 students in residence (=living there). ► take up residence formal (=start living in a place) THESAURUSplace where you live► home the house, apartment, or place where you live: The park isn’t far from our home. Birds had made their home under the roof. ► house the house or apartment where someone lives: Let’s go over to Dave’s house. ► place informal the house, apartment, or room where someone lives: Do you want to come back to my place for coffee? ► residence formal the place where you live. Used especially in official or legal language: It is illegal to run that type of business from a private residence. ► dwelling formal a house, apartment, etc. where people live. Used especially in scientific or legal language: We visited the cliff dwellings in Colorado, where the Anasazi Indians used to live. ► abode formal the place where you live. Used especially in literature: In Norse mythology, Valhalla is the abode of fallen warriors. 1[uncountable] legal permission to live in a country for a certain amount of time: permanent/temporary residence All those with permanent residence are allowed to vote. → see also green card2[countable] formal a house, especially a large one: the ambassador’s official residence► see thesaurus at home13[uncountable] the state of living in a place: His main place of residence is in Oregon. The college usually has 200 students in residence (=living there).take up residence formal (=start living in a place)4artist/poet/scholar etc. in residence an artist, etc. who has been officially chosen by a college or other institution to work there → see also residence hall |