Reside
/ɹɪˈzaɪd/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.
verbTo have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.
Sentence Examples
The people who reside here are our friends.
I reside in Hyogo.
CEFR Practice Quiz
After years of traveling, they decided to permanently ____ in a quiet coastal village.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She chose to ____ in the countryside after retiring, preferring the peace and quiet to city life.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English residen, from Old French resider, from Latin resideō (“remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“sit”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…] And the delighted ſpirit / To die in fierie floods, or to recide / In thrilling Region of thicke-ribbed Ice […]"
— c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
"The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]"
— 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 6, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
"During the late eighteenth century there were 221 chia (official divisions within the pao-chia system, which reflected population) inside the city and approximately 1,900 chia in the remainder of the hsien, indicating that 10 percent of the hsien population resided in Chiu-chiang city."
— 1973, Gilbert Rozman, “Regional Variations in Cities”, in Urban Networks in Chʻing China and Tokugawa Japan, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 235:
"[…] for Cogitation / Reſides not in that man, that do’s not thinke […]"
— c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After years of traveling, they decided to permanently ____ in a quiet coastal village.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She chose to ____ in the countryside after retiring, preferring the peace and quiet to city life.