Meanings
reside1
verbreside (third-person singular simple present resides, present participle residing, simple past and past participle resided)
present singular third person resides · participle present residing · participle past resided · past resided
- To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.
He still resides at his parents' house.
3 more examples
[…] And the delighted ſpirit / To die in fierie floods, or to recide / In thrilling Region of thicke-ribbed Ice […]
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]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, […]
1913, Robert Barr, chapter 6, in Lord Stranleigh AbroadDuring the late eighteenth century there were 221 chia (official divisions within the pao-chia system, which reflected population) inside the city and approximately 1,900 chia in the remainder of the hsien, indicating that 10 percent of the hsien population resided in Chiu-chiang city.
1973, Gilbert Rozman, “Regional Variations in Cities”, in Urban Networks in Chʻing China and Tokugawa Japan, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 235 - To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.
[…] for Cogitation / Reſides not in that man, that do’s not thinke […]
c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]
Reside2
proper noun
- A surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbmake one's home in a particular place or community
Similar
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinresideō“remain behind, reside, dwell”
- Old Frenchresider
- Middle Englishresiden
- Englishreside
From Middle English residen, from Old French resider, from Latin resideō (“remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“sit”).
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans woon
- woonto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Ancient Greek οἰκέω
- οἰκέω (oikéō)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Arabic أَقَامَ, سَكَنَ
- أَقَامَ (ʔaqāma)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- سَكَنَ (sakana)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- عَاشَ (ʕāša)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Bulgarian живе́я, обита́вам
- живе́я (živéja)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- обита́вам (obitávam)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Catalan residir
- residirto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Chinese Mandarin 居住, 住
- 居住 (jūzhù)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- 住 (zhù)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- 居留 (jūliú)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Czech bydlet
- bydletto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Danish bo
- boto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Dutch wonen
- wonento dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Esperanto loĝi
- loĝito dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Estonian elama
- elamato dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Finnish asustaa
- asustaato dwell permanently or for a considerable time
French habiter, résider
- habiterto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- résiderto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- demeurerto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- résiderto have a seat or fixed position
German wohnen
- wohnento dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Greek μένω
- μένω (méno)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Hawaiian noho
- nohoto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Hebrew גָּר
- גָּר (gar)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Hindi रहना, बसना
- रहना (rahnā)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- बसना (basnā)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Hungarian lakik, tartózkodik
- lakikto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- tartózkodikto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- leülepedikto sink
- letelepedikto sink
Icelandic búa
- búato dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Indonesian tinggal, menetap
- tinggalto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- menetapto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Irish cónaigh, bheith i do chónaí
- cónaighto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- bheith i do chónaíto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Italian risiedere, vivere
- risiedereto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- vivereto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Japanese 住む, 居住する
- 住む (sumu)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- 居住する (kyojū suru)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Korean 살다, 거주하다
- 살다 (salda)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- 거주하다 (geojuhada)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Latin vivio, vivo
- vivioto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- vivoto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- habitoto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- incolōto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Latvian dzīvot, atrasties
- dzīvotto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- atrastiesto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Lithuanian gyventi
- gyventito dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Norwegian Bokmål bo
- boto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Polish mieszkać, zamieszkiwać
- mieszkaćto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- zamieszkiwaćto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- zamieszkaćto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- pomieszkiwaćto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- pomieszkaćto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- rezydowaćto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- przebywaćto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- przebyćto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- znajdować sięto have a seat or fixed position
- znaleźć sięto have a seat or fixed position
- osiadaćto sink
- osiąśćto sink
Portuguese residir, morar
- residirto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- morarto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Romanian a locui, a trăi
- a locuito dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- a trăito dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Russian прожива́ть, жить
- прожива́ть (proživátʹ)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- жить (žitʹ)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- обита́ть (obitátʹ)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Scottish Gaelic còmhnaich, fuirich
- còmhnaichto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- fuirichto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Slovak žiť, bývať
- žiťto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- bývaťto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Spanish residir
- residirto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Swedish bo
- boto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Thai สิงสถิต, อาศัย
- สิงสถิต (sǐng-sà-tìt)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- อาศัย (aa-sǎi)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- ประทับ (bprà-táp)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- สิง (sǐng)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Turkish oturmak, ikamet etmek
- oturmakto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- ikamet etmekto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- kalmakto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- eğleşmekto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- yaşamakto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Ukrainian ме́шкати, жи́ти
- ме́шкати (méškaty)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- жи́ти (žýty)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- прожива́ти (prožyváty)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Urdu رَہْنا, بَسْنا
- رَہْنا (rahnā)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- بَسْنا (basnā)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Vietnamese cư trú, định cư
- cư trúto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- định cưto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- ởto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
- lưu trúto dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Yiddish וווינען
- וווינען (voynen)to dwell permanently or for a considerable time
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with reside
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Cite this entry
APA
reside. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reside
MLA
“reside.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reside. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reside,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reside.
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