residency
/ˈɹɛzɪdənsi/
residency noun: the condition of being a resident of a particular place.
Noun
residency (countable and uncountable, plural residencies)
- The condition of being a resident of a particular place.
- The home or residence of a person, especially in the colonies.
- The position or term of a medical resident.
- The position of a musical artist who commonly performs at a particular venue.
- The trance DJ was keen to secure a residency in Ibiza.
- After a successful Thursday-night residency at the Marquee Club—where the Yardbirds, the Animals, and the Rolling Stones first earned their reputations—England's CBS label signed the group to a recording contract.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 254
- Synonym of rezidentura.
- Synonyms:
- rezidentura
residency meaning in Urdu, Punjabi, Nepali and Indonesian
residency in Urdu
- سرکاری اقامت گاہ
residency in Punjabi
- ਰੈਜ਼ੀਡੈਂਸੀ
residency in Nepali
- रेसिडेन्सी
residency in Indonesian
- condition of being a resident of a particular place
- kependudukan
Examples of residency in a sentence
- But in the world of government statistics, where we have legal permanent residency, there’s a clear distinction.
- Her career skyrocketed to new heights with the debut of her years-long Las Vegas residencies.
- Medical school, internship, and residency had been physically and emotionally grueling.
Synonyms of residency
Forms of residency
| plural | residencies |
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Origin of residency
From reside + -ency or resident + -cy.
Words formed from residency
Questions about residency
- What does residency mean?
- Residency means the condition of being a resident of a particular place.
- What is residency in Urdu?
- Residency in Urdu is سرکاری اقامت گاہ. See Residency meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is residency?
- Residency is a noun.
- How do you pronounce residency?
- Residency is pronounced /ˈɹɛzɪdənsi/.
- What is the plural of residency?
- The plural of residency is residencies.
Words near residency in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: residency (page history and authors); residency (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); residency (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); residency (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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