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residency

residency

28 4.9
Living at an address that is your official home for legal matters
  • noun
  • /ˈrɛzɪdənsi/
translation icon : residencia
  • After moving to the new city, she needed to establish her residency before applying for a job.
  • permanent residency
  • citizenship and residency
  • residency requirement

I've got all my Spanish papers, I've got my residency.

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Examples

  • To apply for the scholarship, you must provide proof of your residency in this district.

  • And stay with my dad enough days to meet the residency requirement.

  • I got a residency there so we're back on Friday.

  • I did my residency there.

  • Where did you do your residency?

  • Oh, so you moved to New Orleans to do the residency?

  • Rist, have you heard anything about your residency?

  • His residency was revoked in 1977 due to an allegation of domestic abuse.

  • After more than a year in the country under temporary asylum, Edward Snowden has received a three-year residency permit in Russia.

  • Without documents to prove his residency, he could not enroll in school.

Synonyms

residence
vsresidency
72 3.3

Living in a place for a period, often for legal reasons

is a more formal variant used in some professional contexts
habitation
vsresidency
6 4.2

The act of living in a place as a home

is the general term for living without stressing home status
residence time
vsresidency
  • Specialized
1 7.4

The time something stays in one place before it moves, for example water in a reservoir

focuses on human living or staying rather than technical measurement
inhabitation
vsresidency
1 6.6

Living in a place as a permanent home

is similar but does not require permanent occupation
inhabitancy
vsresidency
1 7.8

The state of living permanently in a place

focuses on staying or living without implying permanence
abidance
vsresidency
  • Archaic
9.9

Staying in a place for a period of time

is the broader noun for the same act not tied to formality
inhabitance
vsresidency
6.0

Living in a place

is the general act of living without implying permanence
estancia
vsresidency
8.2

A period of staying in a place for a short time

is about living or staying generally, not necessarily temporary

Antonyms

186 1.3

A time when someone is away from a place

How Long

legal residence
  • Formal
1 3.9
residence
253 2.5
residency
28 4.9
visit
1.0
stopover
11 3.2

Surface Forms

residency singular
residencies plural

Morphology

residency = reside (transparent) = reside + ency

The meaning is directly derived from 'reside' with the suffix '-ency' indicating the state or condition of residing.

Etymology

Residency comes from the verb reside, from Latin residere meaning 'to sit' or 'to stay'. So a residency is simply the act or place of 'staying' somewhere, which is why it means living at a particular address.