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res

/ɹeɪz/

res is the plural of re.

res is the clipping of reservation or reserve.

res is the clipping of residence.

res is the clipping of resolution.

res is the clipping of reservoir.

res is the clipping of resurrection.

Meaning of re

Noun

re (uncountable)

  1. A syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.

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Meaning of residence

Noun

residence (countable and uncountable, plural residences)

  1. The place where one lives (resides); one's home.
    • Johnson took up his residence in London.1856 December, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green...
  2. A building or portion thereof used as a home, such as a house or an apartment therein.
  3. The place where a corporation is established.
  4. The state of living in a particular place or environment.
    • The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy.1713, The History of the Common Law of England, Sir Matthew Hale (jurist), Google Books, page 87
  5. Accommodation for students at a university or college.
  6. The place where anything rests permanently.
    • But when a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all his regal power, he then […] fights against his own majesty and kingship.1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC

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Noun (1) capitalized: RES

RES (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of red ear syndrome.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of radio echo sounding

Noun (2) capitalized: REs

REs

  1. (plural) plural of RE

Proper noun capitalized: Res

Res

  1. A surname.

Forms of res

Noun
pluralreses
Verb
third-person singular presentresses
third-person singular presentress
present participleressing
present participleresing
past participleressed
pastressed
past participleresed
pastresed

Origin of res

From re + -s.

Clippings.

Words formed from res

Phrases with res

Words that rhyme with res

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about res

What does res mean?
Res means a surname.
What is res the plural of?
Res is the plural of re.
What part of speech is res?
Res can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce res?
Res is pronounced /ɹeɪz/.
What is the plural of res?
The plural of res is reses.

Words near res in the dictionary

  1. rerubs
  2. rerun
  3. rerunnable
  4. rerunning
  5. reruns
  6. res
  7. res angusta domi
  8. res cogitans
  9. res communis
  10. Res et-Teib
  11. res extensa

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: res (page history and authors); RES (page history and authors); REs (page history and authors); Res (page history and authors); re (page history and authors); residence (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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