the place, especially the house, in which a person lives or resides; dwelling place; home: Their residence is in New York City.
a structure serving as a dwelling or home, especially one of large proportion and superior quality: They have a summer residence in Connecticut.
the act or fact of residing: during his residence in Spain.
the act of living or staying in a specified place while performing official duties, carrying on studies or research, awaiting a divorce, etc.
the time during which a person resides in a place: a residence there of five years.
the location of the main offices or principal center of business activity of a commercial enterprise, especially a large corporation, as registered under law.
the fact of residing in a place or a period of residing
the official house of the governor of any of various countries
the state of being officially present
in residence
actually residentthe royal standard indicates that the Queen is in residence
designating a creative artist resident for a set period at a university, college, etc, whose role is to stimulate an active interest in the subjectcomposer in residence
the seat of some inherent quality, characteristic, etc
late 14c., "act of dwelling; dwelling place," from Old French residence, from Medieval Latin residentia, from Latin residentem (nominative residens) "residing, dwelling," present participle of residere "reside" (see reside). Also borrowed into German (Residenz), Dutch (residentie).
