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reside meaning

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    Definition of reside in English Dictionary

  • VerbSGresidesPRresidingPT, PPresidedPREré-SUF-side
    1. To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.
      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.
      1. To sink; to settle, as sediment.
      2. More Examples
        1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
          • He resides in the center of the universe, near the planet Kolob. This planet revolves on its axis once in a thousand of our years, and one revolution of Kolob is a day to the Almighty.
          • Names of this sort, theophorous or basilophorous, were regularly given to foreigners residing in Egypt from the New Kingdom onwards, if not earlier; even Joseph was no exception.
      • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
        1. Verbs
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        Source: Wiktionary

        Meaning of reside for the defined word.

        Grammatically, this word "reside" is a verb.
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