Residence

Noun

 * 1) The place where one lives.
 * 2) A building used as a home.
 * 3) The place where a corporation is established.
 * 4) The state of living in a particular place or environment.
 * 5)  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.":
 * 4. You will report accidents or collisions at the Superintendent's Office at Forty-third Street, immediately on arrival, with the names and residences of witnesses.

Related terms

 * reside
 * residency
 * resident
 * residential

Adjectives for Residence
episcopal; commodious; costly; palatial; comfortable; peculiar; official; ungarnished; stately; enlarged; wretched; permanent; seasonal; picturesque; temporary; monastic; ambitious; baronial; paternal; suitable; prolonged; sumptuous; modest.

Verbs for Residence
establish—; frequent—; guard—; lack—; maintain—; neglect—; occupy—; regulate —; secure—; take up—; view—; invite to—.

Thesaurus
abiding, abiding place, abode, address, cantonment, castle, chateau, cohabitation, commorancy, crash pad, crib, domicile, domus, dwelling, dwelling place, estate, habitancy, habitation, hall, home, house, inhabitancy, inhabitation, inhabiting, living, living quarters, lodging, lodging place, lodgment, manor house, mansion, nest, nesting, occupancy, occupation, pad, palace, place, place to live, residency, residing, roof, seat, settlement, sojourn, sojourning, squatting, stay, staying, staying over, stopping, tenancy, villa, visit

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

Translations

 * Arabic: مسكن
 * Bulgarian: местожителство
 * Catalan: residència
 * Chinese: 居所
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: loĝejo
 * Finnish: kotipaikka,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 住宅


 * Korean: 주소
 * Norwegian: bosted
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: местожительство
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Serbian: obitavalište, boravište, stan, prebivalište, stanište
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: makao
 * Swedish: bostad boplats, boställe
 * Telugu: నివాసము
 * Turkish: konut,, , rezidans


 * Catalan: seu social
 * Finnish: kotipaikka
 * French:


 * German: Sitz, Firmensitz
 * Greek: έδρα
 * Swahili: makao


 * Catalan: residència
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, , , asuinrakennus
 * French:
 * Greek: κατοικία


 * Norwegian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Swahili: makao
 * Swedish: bostad
 * Turkish: konut