residency
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
residencies
plural
residencies
Britannica Dictionary definition of RESIDENCY
formal
1
a
[noncount]
:
the state or fact of living in a place
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proof of residency [=residence]
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You must meet the town's residency requirement in order to vote.
b
[singular]
:
a period of time when someone lives in a place
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a four-year residency in the country
2
[count]
:
legal permission to live in a place
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He was granted/denied residency. [=residence]
3
[count, noncount]
chiefly US
:
a period when a doctor receives advanced training at a hospital in order to become a specialist in a particular field of medicine
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She recently completed her residency in pediatrics.
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a residency program
4
[count, noncount]
:
a period of time when a writer, artist, etc., lives and works at a college or other institution
