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RESIDE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Live (in a certain place)

Example:

he occupies two rooms on the top floor

Synonyms:

lodge in; occupy; reside

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "reside" is one way to...):

dwell; inhabit; live; populate (be an inhabitant of or reside in)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reside"):

move in (occupy a place)

stay at (reside temporarily)

squat (occupy (a dwelling) illegally)

crash (occupy, usually uninvited)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

residence; residency (the act of dwelling in a place)

resident (someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there)

resident (living in a particular place)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make one's home in a particular place or community

Example:

may parents reside in Florida

Synonyms:

domicile; domiciliate; reside; shack

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "reside" is one way to...):

dwell; inhabit; live; populate (be an inhabitant of or reside in)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reside"):

rusticate (live in the country and lead a rustic life)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

residence; residency (the act of dwelling in a place)

resident (someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there)

resident (living in a particular place)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be inherent or innate in

Synonyms:

repose; reside; rest

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "reside" is one way to...):

attach to; inhere in (be part of)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Credits

 Context examples: 

Although some blood progenitor cells are in the blood, most reside in the bone marrow.

(An overlooked role for lungs in blood formation, NIH)

It was late in autumn when I quitted the district where I had so long resided.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

My father explained that I had been under the charge of the famous Sir Charles Tregellis, who was my uncle, and with whom I was now residing.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This made it easier to identify structural features of the genomes and the genes residing on them.

(Peanut Genome Sequenced with Unprecedent Accuracy, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

The Kepler-13 system resides 1,730 light-years from Earth.

(Hubble Observes Exoplanet that Snows Sunscreen, NASA)

System of classification based on nation from which a person originates, regardless of the nation in which he/she currently resides.

(National Origin, NCI Thesaurus)

This information resides in the property FULL_SYN.

(NCI Concept Atom, NCI Thesaurus)

That part of the nervous system consisting of the nerves and neurons that reside or extend outside the central nervous system.

(Peripheral Nervous System, NCI Thesaurus)

The star collapses, and then explodes as a supernova (supernovas can outshine the galaxies in which they reside).

(Elusive Middleweight Black Hole Found at Center of Giant Star Cluster, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The newly discovered supersized black hole resides in the center of a massive elliptical galaxy, NGC 1600, located in a cosmic backwater, a small grouping of 20 or so galaxies.

(Behemoth Black Hole Found in an Unlikely Place, NASA)