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to reside

to reside

52 4.0
To be a quality or power present in something
  • verb
  • /rɪˈzaɪd/
  • Formal
translation icon : radicar en
  • The soul appears to reside in the seat of judgment.
  • power resides in
  • resides in every person

In this latter resides the highest good of humankind.

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Examples

  • All deities reside in the human breast; all devils reside in the human breast as well.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Decision-making regarding the counter-insurgency continued to reside in the hands of the military.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Does part of the self reside outside of the mind?

  • How does feeling reside inside a body that works all day long?

  • By the end of this day, the balance will forever reside with us.

  • Most of your assets reside in the business.

  • Joy and depression cannot reside in the same space.

  • The authority of the state over its people resides in its war powers.

  • Knowledge in itself is amoral, but the choices for its applications reside in the ethical decisions of humans.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Joy and depression reside in the same human experience, often influencing one another.

Synonyms

to rest
vsto reside
256 5.9

To depend on someone or something for what happens

means an essential characteristic existing within rather than depending on something
to inhabit
vsto reside
44 3.6

To be present inside a person's mind or feelings

signals an inherent quality existing inside rather than general presence
to consist in
vsto reside
  • Formal
5 6.6

To have something as the main quality or source

focuses on an essential characteristic being present rather than possession
to inhere
vsto reside
  • Formal
1 9.9

To be a natural and permanent part of something

is the same essential presence with no difference in meaning
to inhere in
vsto reside
  • Formal
1 9.4

To be a natural and necessary part of something

is the same essential presence but phrased more generally

How Present

to pervade
22 6.7
to reside
  • Formal
52 4.0
present
392 1.0
to exist
1.0
to appear
2.0

Surface Forms

reside infinitive
resided past
resided past participle
residing present participle
resides third person singular

Etymology

Reside keeps the same Latin root sedere 'to sit', so a quality or power that 'sits' in something is said to reside there. That's why we say authority or a quality can reside in a person or place, meaning it is present there as an important part.