different between reside vs resident

English

Etymology

From Old French resider, from Latin reside? (“remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- (“back”) + sede? (“sit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???za?d/
• Rhymes: -a?d
• Hyphenation: re?side

Verb

reside (third-person singular simple present resides, present participle residing, simple past and past participle resided)

1. To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.
   • , [Act III, scene i]:

     […] And the delighted ?pirit / To die in fierie floods, or to recide / In thrilling Region of thicke-ribbed Ice […]
2. To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.
   • , [Act I, scene ii]:

     […] for Cogitation / Re?ides not in that man, that do’s not thinke […]

3. To sink; to settle, as sediment.
   • a. 1729, William Congreve, “The Birth of the Muse”, in The Works of Mr. William Congreve, volume III, London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Drape, published 1753, page 222:

     […] The madding Winds are hu?h’d, the Tempe?ts cea?e, / And every rolling Surge resides in Peace.

Related terms

• coreside
• residence
• residency
• resident
• residential

Translations

See also

• abide
• dwell
• live
• stay

Further reading

• reside in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• reside in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• reside at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• desier, desire, eiders, eresid, redies

Latin

Verb

resid?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of reside?

Portuguese

Verb

reside

1. third-person singular present indicative of residir
2. second-person singular imperative of residir

Spanish

Verb

reside

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of residir.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of residir.

English

Etymology

From Middle English resident, from Anglo-Norman resident, from Latin resid?ns, present participle of reside? (“to remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- (“back”) + sede? (“I sit”). Doublet of resiant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???z?d(?)nt/

Noun

resident (plural residents)

1. A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.

2. A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.
3. A physician receiving specialized medical training.

4. A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.
5. (law) A legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency.
6. (espionage) Alternative form of rezident

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

resident (comparative more resident, superlative most resident)

1. Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate.

   resident in the city or in the country

2. Based in a particular place; on hand; local.

   He is our resident computer expert.

3. (obsolete) Fixed; stable; certain.
   • 1651, Jeremy Taylor, Twenty-sermons for the winter half-year

     stable and resident like a rock

   • 1651, William Davenant, Gondibert

     one there still resident as day and night

4. (computing, of memory) Currently loaded into RAM; contrasted with virtual memory.

Translations

Related terms

Further reading

• resident in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• resident in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• resident at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Dniester, desertin', disenter, indesert, inserted, nerdiest, sentried, sintered, tendries, trendies

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin resid?ns.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /r?.zi?dent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /r?.zi?den/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /re.zi?dent/

Noun

resident m or f (plural residents)

1. resident

Related terms

• residència
• residir

Further reading

• “resident” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “resident” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “resident” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “resident” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Ladin

Noun

resident m (plural residenc)

1. resident

Latin

Verb

resident

1. third-person plural present active indicative of reside?

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin residentem, accusative singular of resid?ns, from the verb reside?.

Adjective

resident m (oblique and nominative feminine singular resident or residente)

1. resident; residing

References

• resident on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub