residences
SayREZ-i-duhns-iz/ˈɹɛz.ɪ.dəns.ɪz/
- 1Plural of residence.
The diplomats maintain official residences in three different capitals.
Wealthy merchants built grand residences along the riverfront.
Note
A plural that only one side of the singular can take. Residence names places: a home, a building used as one, the seat where a corporation is established, student accommodation. It also names the state of living somewhere, as in take up residence. The places can be counted, so they pluralize: official residences, student residences. The state cannot: a scholar is in residence, never in residences.
residences is a form of residence
residence, noun: The place where a person lives; one's home. Full entry
- Forms
- residenceresidences plural
- Spelling
- residence → residences: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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