different between residency vs reside

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???z?d?nsi/

Noun

residency (countable and uncountable, plural residencies)

1. The condition of being a resident of a particular place.
2. The home or residence of a person, especially in the colonies.
3. (US, healthcare) The position or term of a medical resident.
4. The position of a musical artist who commonly performs at a particular venue.

5. (espionage) Synonym of rezidentura

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• residency in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• residency at OneLook Dictionary Search

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.