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RESIDENCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("residency" is a kind of...):
berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of dwelling in a place
Synonyms:
abidance; residence; residency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("residency" is a kind of...):
act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "residency"):
lodging (the act of lodging)
occupancy; tenancy (an act of being a tenant or occupant)
Derivation:
reside (live (in a certain place))
reside (make one's home in a particular place or community)
resident (living in a particular place)
resident (used of animals that do not migrate)
