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# reside

verb (reside, resides, resided, residing) — formal

«reside» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To live in a place: She resides in Toronto. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reside/#m1)
2. To be found in or belong to something: Power resides with the people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reside/#m2)

### In the lessons

In formal language, forms and exams «reside» means live. Children meet it on official letters, in stories about kings who reside in palaces, and in science: «the information resides in the cell's nucleus». Nouns: resident (a person who lives there), residence (a home).

### Examples

- The queen resides in a large palace. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reside/#x1)
- All pupils who reside in the town may join the club. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reside/#x2)
- He resided in Dublin for ten months. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reside/#x3)
- Your address is where you reside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reside/#x4)
- Bats reside in the old barn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reside/#x5)
- The power to change the rule resides with the council. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reside/#x6)
- "Where do you reside when you are at home?" asked the shirt-collar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reside/#x7)

### Note

Formal; everyday word: live. Not the same as «resign» (leave a job). «Resident» is also a person living somewhere, like «a local resident».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «reside» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reside/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«reside» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/reside.html) on Mova free.