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Definition of reside verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

reside

verb
 
/rɪˈzaɪd/
 
/rɪˈzaɪd/
[intransitive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they reside
 
/rɪˈzaɪd/
 
/rɪˈzaɪd/
he / she / it resides
 
/rɪˈzaɪdz/
 
/rɪˈzaɪdz/
past simple resided
 
/rɪˈzaɪdɪd/
 
/rɪˈzaɪdɪd/
past participle resided
 
/rɪˈzaɪdɪd/
 
/rɪˈzaɪdɪd/
-ing form residing
 
/rɪˈzaɪdɪŋ/
 
/rɪˈzaɪdɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. + adv./prep. to live in a particular place
    • He returned to Britain in 1939, having resided abroad for many years.
    • Their passports do not give them the right to reside in Britain.
    Extra Examples
    • She resides at 23 Poplar Avenue.
    • Do you still reside at 56 Elm Road?
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryReside is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • population
    • sovereignty
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘be in residence as an official’): probably a back-formation from resident, influenced by French résider or Latin residere ‘remain’, from re- ‘back’ + sedere ‘sit’.
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