Meaning

5 senses
  1. A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.

    Anwohner, Anwohnerin, Anrainer

    жи́тельžítelʹ, жи́тельницаžítelʹnica, резиде́нтrezidént

    ме́шканецьméškanecʹ, ме́шканкаméškanka, жи́тельžýtelʹ

  2. A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.

  3. A physician receiving postgraduate medical training in a hospital or clinic.

    She's a resident in neurosurgery at Mass General.

    Assistentarzt

    a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital

  4. A diplomatic representative who resides in a foreign country, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.

    Resident, Residentin

  5. A legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency.

Examples

185 sentences
  1. All residents are invited.

    Запрошуються всі мешканці.

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  2. Tom is a resident of Boston.

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  3. All residents are invited to attend.

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  4. Tom is a former resident of Boston.

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  5. You're still a resident of Boston, aren't you?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person living at a location or an area:
Русский
By meaning 1
person living at a location or an area:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
person living at a location or an area:
physician receiving specialized medical training:
diplomatic representative:

Origin

From Middle English resident, from Anglo-Norman resident, from Latin residēns, present par

From Middle English resident, from Anglo-Norman resident, from Latin residēns, present participle of resideō (“to remain behind, reside, dwell”), equivalent to reside + -ent, from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“to sit”). Doublet of resiant and rezident. The espionage sense is a semantic loan from Russian резиде́нт (rezidént).

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Forms

plural: residents
Singularresident
Pluralresidents

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there:occupantoccupier
  • a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital:house physicianresident physician

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

13 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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