[ US /ˈɹɛzɪdəns/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈɛzɪdəns/ ]
NOUN
  1. a large and imposing house
  2. the act of dwelling in a place
  3. any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
    a person can have several residences
  4. the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)
    he refused to live in the governor's residence

How To Use residence In A Sentence

  • After a bit of a stickybeak at the Queen's Scottish residence of Holyroodhouse, we made the most of the remaining daylight walking the length of the Royal Mile through the Old Town back to the castle, stopping by the Heart of Midlothian. TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com
  • There are those additional requirements in respect of residence and ordinary residence.
  • Refreshed and regowned, again in dark colors unrelieved by any bright embroidery, Aene paced nervously along a subtly lit path towards the Castrea residence.
  • We registered, writing our names and place of residence, and checked for family members.
  • The maximum duration of residence, approved on each occasion, shall not exceed 3 years.
  • Proof of permanent residence of winner will be required. The Sun
  • Number Ten Downing Street is the British prime minister's official residence.
  • Outside one residence, a member of the squad lobs a frag grenade over the wall.
  • Windsor is open to visitors when the Royal Family is not in residence.
  • The captain, having lost two brave fellows of his troop, was afraid of diminishing it too much by pursuing this plan to get information of the residence of their plunderer.
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