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# residential

adjective (residential)

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

## Everyday

1. Residential describes an area where people live in homes, rather than shops or factories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/residential/#m1)
2. A residential trip or course is one where you stay overnight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/residential/#m2)
3. Residential can mean to do with living in a place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/residential/#m3)

### In the lessons

Geography: towns have residential areas, shopping areas and industrial areas. School (UK, Ireland, Australia): a «residential» is a school trip where children stay away from home for a few nights. Safety: speed limits are lower in residential streets. Phrases: residential area, residential street, a residential trip, residential home.

### Examples

- We live in a quiet residential street. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/residential/#x1)
- The speed limit is lower in residential areas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/residential/#x2)
- Our class is going on a residential trip to the lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/residential/#x3)
- The factory cannot be built in a residential area. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/residential/#x4)
- Grandma moved into a residential care home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/residential/#x5)
- On the map, residential areas are coloured yellow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/residential/#x6)

### Note

Adjective from «resident» (a person who lives in a place) and «residence» (a home). In Britain «a residential» is also used as a noun for an overnight school trip.

## On Mova

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