residence

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resi|dence /r'ezɪdəns/ (residences)
1 [N-COUNT]
A residence is a house where people live. (FORMAL)
...hotels and private residences.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
Your place of residence is the place where you live. (FORMAL)
...differences among women based on age, place of residence and educational levels.
3 [N-UNCOUNT]
Someone's residence in a particular place is the fact that they live there or that they are officially allowed to live there.
They had entered the country and had applied for permanent residence...
4
see also hall of residence
5 [PHRASE] v-link PHR
If someone is in residence in a particular place, they are living there.
Windsor is open to visitors when the Royal Family is not in residence.
6 [PHRASE] n PHR
An artist or writer in residence is one who teaches in an institution such as a university or theatre company.
Wakoski is writer in residence at Michigan State University.hall of resi|dence (halls of residence)
[N-COUNT]
Halls of residence are buildings with rooms or flats, usually built by universities or colleges, in which students live during the term. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use dormitory, residence hall)

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