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English noun: residence | |||
| 1. | residence (location) any address at which you dwell more than temporarily | ||
| Samples | A person can have several residences. | ||
| Synonyms | abode | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | address | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | domicile, home, legal residence, place | ||
| 2. | residence (artifact) the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president) | ||
| Samples | He refused to live in the governor's residence. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | house | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cloister, court, deanery, manse, palace, parsonage, rectory, religious residence, vicarage | ||
| Instance hyponym | Mount Vernon, Vatican, Vatican Palace, White House | ||
| 3. | residence (act) the act of dwelling in a place | ||
| Synonyms | abidance, residency | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, deed, human action, human activity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | lodging, occupancy, tenancy | ||
| 4. | residence (artifact) a large and imposing house | ||
| Synonyms | hall, manse, mansion, mansion house | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | house | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | castle, manor, manor house, palace, stately home | ||
| Part holonym | hall, manor hall | ||
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