residential

[ rez-i-den-shuhl ]

/ ˌrɛz ɪˈdɛn ʃəl /

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adjective

of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.

suited for or characterized by private residences: a residential neighborhood.

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Origin of residential

1645–55; <Medieval Latin residenti(a) residence + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM residential

res·i·den·ti·al·i·ty

[rez-i-den-shee-al-i-tee], /ˌrɛz ɪˌdɛn ʃiˈæl ɪ ti/, nounres·i·den·tial·ly, adverbnon·res·i·den·tial, adjectivepseu·do·res·i·den·tial, adjective

qua·si-res·i·den·tial, adjectivequa·si-res·i·den·tial·ly, adverbun·res·i·den·tial, adjective

Words nearby residential

residence time, residency, resident, resident alien, resident commissioner, residential, residential care, residential school, residentiary, residents association, re-siding

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How to use residential in a sentence

Andrew Keatts wrote last week about the origins of single-family zoning in San Diego, which account for 70 percent of residential land and will be untouched under Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s push for housing reform.
Morning Report: MTS Rejects Many Who Applied for Disabled Fare Reductions|Voice of San Diego|August 31, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Short North is a business district with a collection of residential neighborhoods.
Columbus: A Rich History of LGBTQ Diversity|LGBTQ-Editor|August 30, 2020|No Straight News
Even near transit stations, more than 50 percent of area zoned for residential use is restricted to single-family homes.
Morning Report: A Century of Single Family Home Supremacy|Voice of San Diego|August 27, 2020|Voice of San Diego
That leaves roughly half of all residential land in so-called Transit Priority Areas untouched by the new program, according to data provided by the city’s planning department.
Single-Family Zoning’s Century of Supremacy in San Diego|Andrew Keatts|August 26, 2020|Voice of San Diego

The county lab from mid-May to mid-June processed 2,100 test kits from residential care facilities, which includes assisted living facilities, more than four times the prior month.
COVID-19 Testing Plans Leave Out Assisted Living Facilities|Jared Whitlock|June 26, 2020|Voice of San Diego
A Colorado-based full- service residential mortgage banking company.
The 26 Next Hobby Lobbys|Abby Haglage|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We gazed on a residential area of box-like homes stacked on top of one another on a steep hillside.
Mass Murder in the Holy City|Michael Tomasky|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The name of his equestrian club and residential land development derives from the Otomí native people of central Mexico.
Trading Dime Bags for Salvador Dali|Jason McGahan|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Three stray dogs saunter out of our way as we turn into a residential area lined with trailers and graffiti-sprayed stop signs.
A Shooting on a Tribal Land Uncovers Feds Running Wild|Caitlin Dickson|August 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yes, Hamas is firing rockets from residential areas and storing weapons caches in schools.
Why I’m Against Hamas, Against What Israel Is Doing, and For Judaism|Sally Kohn|July 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They had seen enough to be convinced that there were parts of India much preferable to Delhi for residential purposes.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Dropped off Williams on that residential street around the corner from the bank.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
They traversed the new residential area characterized by larger grounds and a higher average of architecture.
A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson
It was chiefly in the seventeenth century that what we now know as the West End became a residential quarter.
Stories That Words Tell Us|Elizabeth O'Neill
Charlestown may claim to be the port of St. Austell, and is becoming also a popular residential suburb.
The Cornwall Coast|Arthur L. Salmon

British Dictionary definitions for residential

residential

/ (ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl) /

adjective

suitable for or allocated for residencea residential area

relating to or having residence

Derived forms of residential

residentially, adverb

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