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- pronunciation:
- re
zih
d
 ns
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a house or any other place where one lives; dwelling.
- synonyms:
- abode, apartment, domicile, dwelling, flat, habitation, home, house, place
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| definition 2: |
the act or a period of residing.
- synonyms:
- stay
- similar words:
- abode, habitation
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| definition 3: |
the fact of living more or less permanently in a place.
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| related words: |
accommodation, address, apartment, building, housing, layout, place |
adjective + (n.)residence
ambassadorial,
diplomatic,
distinguished,
full-time,
geographic,
high-rise,
historic,
known,
lawful,
legal,
long-term,
luxurious,
modest,
official,
palatial,
part-time,
patrilocal,
permanent,
posh,
postmarital,
presidential,
primary,
prime,
principal,
prior,
private,
registered,
royal,
rural,
seasonal,
separate,
suburban,
temporary,
urban,
vice,
year-round
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verb + (n.)residence
convert, enter, establish, invade, maintain, occupy, steal
(n.)residence
+ verb
adjust, decorate, house, permit, rent, secure
noun + (n.)residence
age,
ambassador,
artist,
campus,
caretaker,
certificate,
composer,
counselor,
descent,
distance,
duration,
embassy,
ethnicity,
foyer,
height,
kinship,
length,
location,
mansion,
nationality,
nonfarm,
occupation,
place,
proof,
proximity,
rear,
retirement,
sale,
satisfaction,
scholar,
semester,
telephone,
warrant
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The word residence
contains the following part:
-ance, -ence, -ency, -ancy
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state, quality, or act of
  More about this word part:
The suffix group -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
attaches to verbs and Latin verb stems to create nouns. The suffix -ance
is usually attached to whole English words, whereas -ence
is usually attached to roots: compare eloquence
and acceptance
. For most nouns ending in -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
, there is a correponsponding adjective form ending in -ant, -ent.
Example words:
absence, acceptance, accountancy, admittance, agency, ambiance, ambience, appetency, arrogance, ascendancy, attendance, audience, belligerency, benevolence, brilliancy, buoyancy, cadence, clemency, complacency, conference, confidence, consequence, conservancy, consistency, constancy, constituency, contingency, counterinsurgency, countertendency, currency, decency, deficiency, delinquency, dependency, despondency, difference, disappearance, discrepancy, disturbance, efficiency, eloquence, emergency, equivalency, excellency, exigency, expectancy, expediency, fluency, frequency, hesitancy, importance, incoherency, inconsistency, incumbency, indecency, independence, independency, inefficiency, infancy, insufficiency, insurgency, interagency, interdependency, itinerancy, latency, leniency, malfeasance, malignancy, mendicancy, nonbelligerency, nonemergency, occupancy, occurrence, patency, permanency, piquancy, poignancy, potency, preference, pregnancy, presidency, proficiency, pungency, redundancy, regency, remembrance, residence, residency, science, solvency, stringency, subagency, sufficiency, superefficiency, superintendency, tenancy, tendency, transparency, urgency, vacancy, vagrancy
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