Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To live in a place permanently or for an extended period.
- intransitive verb To be inherently present; exist.
- intransitive verb To be vested, as a power or right.
- intransitive verb Computers To be located or stored.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; have a settled abode for a time, or a dwelling or home; specifically, to be in official residence (said of holders of benefices, etc.).
- To abide or be inherent in, as a quality; inhere.
- To sink to the bottom, as of liquids; settle; subside, in general.
- Synonyms Sojourn, Continue, etc. (see
abide ), be domiciled, be domiciliated, make a home.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to have one's domicile of home; to remain for a long time.
- intransitive verb To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.
- intransitive verb obsolete To sink; to settle, as sediment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have asettled abode for a time; toremain for a long time. - verb To have a
seat or fixed position; toinhere ; tolie or be as inattribute orelement . - verb To
sink ; tosettle , assediment .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make one's home in a particular place or community
- verb be inherent or innate in
- verb live (in a certain place)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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One morning on awaking from sleep my thoughts were deeply engaged on some arcana of conjugial love, and at length on this, "_In what region of the human mind does love truly conjugial reside, and thence in what region does conjugial cold reside_?"
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love Emanuel Swedenborg 1730
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For all the jokes going round the world about US politics and this country wherein reside those screaming effective, getting-their-job done philandering politicians (all about as funny as a CRUTCH!), every country in the world in turn is soon going to be making a dirty joke out of the United States in general.
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She learns that this very weird place, where all sorts of bizarre gods and monsters reside, is a holiday resort for the supernatural after their exhausting tour of duty in the human world.
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This would eliminate the compliance burden on taxpayers that so elect, and if they choose not to have tax withheld and do not then themselves comply with applicable sale and use tax, the state in which they reside is fully justified in pursuing them.
New York State Girds for War With Amazon - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Targeting the voters in the specific areas where the undecided supers reside is a great idea.
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Weighting votes differently according to where citizens happen to reside is discriminatory.
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Acapulco, which appears to be only a few kilometers from the town in which you reside, is a sophisticated city of at least 600,000 (counted) inhabitants with numerous luxurious hotels and restaurants and a huge international tourist trade.
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The small town in which my wife, step-daughter and I reside is over-run with the one-time residents of towns like Chalmette, Meraux and Arabi, whose homes are gone or beyond repair, the streets and roads are congested with the traffic generated by the new residents of this parish, but oddly enough, small businesses and restaurants are failing because they can†™ t get staff to meet their needs.
Think Progress » Chertoff Learned of Levee Failure 36 Hours After Mayor Nagin? 2005
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I like the game, but the bubble in which its players reside is something else.
joy of canada 2005
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Even more interestingly, the majority opinion compared statutes concerning residency requirements for voters against those for candidates -- both of which statutes use a variation of the word "reside" -- and found that Mr. Emanuel did have a "residence" in Chicago for the purpose of being qualified to vote in Chicago but did not "reside in" Chicago for the purpose of being a candidate.
David Ellis: Resident Evil: The Chicago Way David Ellis 2011
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