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reside

name · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɹɪˈzaɪd/
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  • rhymes with -aɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: R IH0 Z AY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: R IY0 Z AY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He still resides at his parents' house.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To sink; to settle, as sediment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

live (in a certain place)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She resides in Princeton
  • he occupies two rooms on the top floor

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: occupy, lodge in

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: populate, dwell, live, inhabit

Narrower terms: move in, stay at, squat, crash

6

verb

Meaning 6

make one's home in a particular place or community

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • may parents reside in Florida

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shack, domicile, domiciliate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: populate, dwell, live, inhabit

Narrower terms: rusticate

7

verb

Meaning 7

be inherent or innate in;

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rest, repose

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inhere in, attach to

History

Etymology

From Middle English residen, from Old French resider, from Latin resideō (“remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“sit”).

Across languages

Translations

152 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: woon — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Albanian: banoj — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Arabic: أَقَامَ (ʔaqāma) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Arabic: سَكَنَ (sakana) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Arabic: عَاشَ (ʕāša) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Armenian: ապրել (aprel) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Azerbaijani: yaşamaq — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Azerbaijani: qalmaq — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Belarusian: пражыва́ць (pražyvácʹ) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Belarusian: жыць (žycʹ) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Bulgarian: живе́я (živéja) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Bulgarian: обита́вам (obitávam) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Burmese: နေ (ne) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Catalan: residir — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Cherokee: ᎡᎯ (ehi) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 居住 (jūzhù) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 住 (zhù) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 居留 (jūliú) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Czech: bydlet — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Danish: bo — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Dutch: wonen — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Esperanto: loĝi — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Estonian: elama — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Faroese: búgva — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Finnish: asustaa — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • French: habiter — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • French: résider — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • French: demeurer — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Galician: residir — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Georgian: ცხოვრება (cxovreba) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Georgian: ბინადრობა (binadroba) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • German: wohnen — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (bauan) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Greek: μένω (méno) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Ancient Greek: οἰκέω (oikéō) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Hawaiian: noho — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Hebrew: גָּר (gar) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Hindi: रहना (rahnā) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Hindi: बसना (basnā) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Hungarian: lakik — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Hungarian: tartózkodik — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Hunsrik: wohne — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Icelandic: búa — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Indonesian: tinggal — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Indonesian: menetap — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Ingrian: ellää — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Ingrian: elustaa — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Ingrian: assua — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Irish: cónaigh — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Irish: bheith i do chónaí — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Italian: risiedere — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Italian: vivere — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Japanese: 住む (sumu) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Japanese: 居住する (kyojū suru) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Judeo-Italian: אַלְבֵירְגַארֵי — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Kabuverdianu: mora — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Kazakh: тұру (tūru) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Khmer: រស់ (rŭəh) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Korean: 살다 (salda) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Korean: 거주하다 (geojuhada) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Central Kurdish: دانیشتن (danîştin) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Kyrgyz: туруу (turuu) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Lao: ຕັ້ງ (tang) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Lao: ສິງ (sing) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Lao: ອາໄສ (ʼā sai) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Latin: vivio — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Latin: vivo — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Latin: habito — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Latin: incolō — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Latvian: dzīvot — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Latvian: atrasties — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Lithuanian: gyventi — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Macedonian: жи́вее (žívee) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Macedonian: пре́стои (préstoi) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Mongolian: амьдрах (amʹdrax) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Mongolian: орших (oršix) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Navajo: kééhashtʼį́ — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bo — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bo — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Persian: زِنْدَگِی کَرْدَن (zindagī kardan) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Iranian Persian: زِنْدِگی کَرْدَن (zendegi kardan) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Polish: mieszkać — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Polish: zamieszkiwać — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Polish: zamieszkać — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Polish: pomieszkiwać — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Polish: pomieszkać — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Polish: rezydować — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Polish: przebywać — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Polish: przebyć — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Portuguese: residir — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Portuguese: morar — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Quechua: tiyay — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Romanian: a locui — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Romanian: a trăi — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Russian: прожива́ть (proživátʹ) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Russian: жить (žitʹ) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Russian: обита́ть (obitátʹ) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Sanskrit: क्षेति (kṣeti) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Sanskrit: वसति (vasati) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Scottish Gaelic: còmhnaich — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Scottish Gaelic: fuirich — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Serbo-Croatian: жи́вети — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Serbo-Croatian: жи́вјети — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Serbo-Croatian: стано̀вати — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Serbo-Croatian: žíveti — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Serbo-Croatian: žívjeti — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Serbo-Croatian: stanòvati — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Slovak: žiť — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Slovak: bývať — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Slovene: živéti — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Lower Sorbian: bydliś — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Upper Sorbian: bydlić — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Spanish: residir — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Swedish: bo — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Tajik: зиндагӣ кардан (zindagi kardan) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Telugu: నివసించు (nivasiñcu) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Thai: สิงสถิต (sǐng-sà-tìt) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Thai: อาศัย (aa-sǎi) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Thai: ประทับ (bprà-táp) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Thai: สิง (sǐng) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Tocharian B: walāk- — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Turkish: oturmak — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Turkish: ikamet etmek — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Turkish: kalmak — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Turkish: eğleşmek — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Turkish: yaşamak — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوتورمق (oturmak) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Turkmen: ýaşamak — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Ukrainian: ме́шкати (méškaty) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Ukrainian: жи́ти (žýty) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Ukrainian: прожива́ти (prožyváty) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Unami: wiki — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Urdu: رَہْنا (rahnā) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Urdu: بَسْنا (basnā) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Uyghur: ياشىماق (yashimaq) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Uyghur: تۇرماق (turmaq) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Uzbek: yashamoq — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Uzbek: turmoq — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Vietnamese: cư trú — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Vietnamese: định cư — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Vietnamese: ở — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Vietnamese: lưu trú — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Volapük: lödön — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • Yiddish: וווינען (voynen) — to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
  • French: résider — to have a seat or fixed position
  • Central Kurdish: دانیشتن (danîştin) — to have a seat or fixed position
  • Polish: znajdować się — to have a seat or fixed position
  • Polish: znaleźć się — to have a seat or fixed position
  • Hungarian: leülepedik — to sink
  • Hungarian: letelepedik — to sink
  • Polish: osiadać — to sink
  • Polish: osiąść — to sink
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