Meaning

1 senses

  1. To begin living in a place.

    After moving to London, I took up residence in a two-bedroom flat.

Examples

5 sentences

  1. Yuri took residence in a hotel without windows.

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  2. Mary was happy that a squirrel had taken up residence in her garden.

    deMaria freute sich, dass sich in ihrem Garten ein Eichhörnchen angesiedelt hatte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. He took up residence in Madrid.

    ruОн поселился в Мадриде. — Wezel

    deEr ließ sich in Madrid nieder. — brauchinet

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  4. He took up residence in Jamaica.

    deEr ließ sich in Jamaika nieder. — Hans_Adler

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  5. He took up residence in Algiers.

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Forms

takes up residence, taking up residence, took up residence, taken up residence
Base formtake up residence · to take up residence
3rd person singulartakes up residence
Present participletaking up residence
Past simpletook up residence
Past participletaken up residence

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytake up residence
he, she, ittakes up residence

Past simpleLesson

all personstook up residence

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave taken up residence
he, she, ithas taken up residence

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill take up residence

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tainttajtakeA1takeawayB1takeoffB1takeout
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