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Plural of resident

regular plural

The plural of resident is residents.

Forms of resident

Singularresident /ˈɹɛzɪdənt/
Pluralresidents /ˈɹɛzədɪnts/
Countablecountable

Residents in a sentence

  • Residents used the public meeting to air their concerns about the poor state of the roads.From the entry air
  • Whole villages have been leveled by the hurricane coastal residents braced for.From the entry hurricane
  • The secretive residents of the massive city-ship tended to stay inside.From the entry inside
  • Some residents disputed the proposal, saying it was based more on emotion than fact.From the entry dispute
  • The new law will take away some important rights from immigrant residents.From the entry take away

Meaning of resident

  1. noun A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
  2. noun A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.
  3. noun A physician receiving postgraduate medical training in a hospital or clinic.

Full definition of resident

Questions about the plural of resident

What is the plural of resident?
The plural of resident is residents.
Is resident countable?
Resident is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: resident (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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