residence

🇺🇸 /ˈrezɪdəns/ 🇬🇧 /ˈrezɪdəns/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-C2
noun
C1

a home, especially a large or important one

The president's residence is a large house where he lives and works.

C1

living in a place

Their residence in the new apartment begins next month.

R

official permission to live in a foreign country

They applied for residence in Canada but were refused.

translation

n. a home, especially a large or important one; living in a place; official permission to live in a foreign country

Word Forms

Plural residences