reside

English

Etymology

From Old French resider, from Latin residere (“to remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- (“back”) + sedere (“to sit”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aɪd

Verb

reside (third-person singular simple present resides, present participle residing, simple past and past participle resided)

1. To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 6, Lord Stranleigh Abroad^[1]:

     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, […]

2. To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.
3. To sink; to settle, as sediment.

Related terms

• residence
• residency
• resident
• residential

Translations

to dwell permanently or for a considerable time

• Arabic: أقام ('aqaama)
• Catalan: residir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 居住 (zh) (jūzhù), 住 (zh) (zhù), 居留 (zh) (jūliú)

• Dutch: wonen (nl)
• Esperanto: loĝi
• French: habiter (fr), résider (fr), demeurer (fr)
• German: wohnen (de)
• Greek: μένω (el) (méno)
• Hawaiian: noho
• Irish: cónaigh, bheith i do chónaí m
• Italian: risiedere (it)
• Japanese: 住む (sumu), 居住する (kyojyū-suru)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: دانیشتن

• Polish: mieszkać (pl)
• Portuguese: residir (pt)
• Quechua: tiyay
• Russian: проживать (ru) (proživát'), жить (ru) (žit')
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhnaich, fuirich
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: bydliś

• Telugu: నివసించు (te) (nivasimchu)
• Turkish: oturmak (tr), ikamet etmek (tr), kalmak (tr), eğleşmek (tr)
• Vietnamese: cư trú (vi), định cư (vi), ở (vi), lưu trú (vi)
• Volapük: lödön (vo)
• Yiddish: וווינען (voynen)

to have a seat or fixed position

• French: résider (fr)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: دانیشتن

to sink

External links

• reside in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• reside in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• reside at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• desire
• eiders

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Latin

Verb

residē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of resideō

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Portuguese

Verb

reside

1. third-person singular present indicative of residir
2. second-person singular imperative of residir

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Spanish

Verb

reside

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of residir.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of residir.