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res·i·dency
 residency
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- pronunciation:
- re
zih
d
 n
si
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
residencies |
| definition 1: |
residence.
- similar words:
- dwelling
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| definition 2: |
the tenure of a medical doctor in specialized training, usu. occurring after his or her internship.
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adjective + (n.)residency
accredited,
annual,
approved,
brief,
clinical,
coveted,
exclusive,
full-time,
legal,
medical,
occupational,
orthopedic,
pediatric,
permanent,
preventive,
psychiatric,
pure,
rural,
surgical,
temporary,
undocumented,
urban
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verb + (n.)residency
adhere, apply, award, bestow, complete, document, ease, establish, finish, gain, grant, impose, obtain, qualify, relieve
(n.)residency
+ verb
cite, permit, require, sponsor, train
noun + (n.)residency
admission,
application,
artist,
chamber,
citizenship,
completion,
floater,
graduate,
gynecology,
immigrant,
immigration,
internship,
investor,
issuer,
length,
license,
medicine,
monument,
obstetrics,
pediatrics,
performing,
physician,
playwriting,
post-graduate,
practice,
proof,
psychiatry,
summer,
surgery,
tuition,
workshop,
year
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The word residency
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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