residing
- 1Present participle of reside.
Residing abroad for nearly a decade, she rarely made it home for the holidays.
The diplomats currently residing in the embassy were evacuated overnight.
Note
One -ing spelling does two jobs here. As a participle it builds progressives and shortens relative clauses (the staff residing on site). As a gerund it acts as a noun that keeps its place phrase (residing abroad has its costs). It also carries the figurative side of reside: power residing in the people, a flaw residing in the design. There it means "lying in," not "living in."
residing is a form of reside
reside, verb: To live or dwell in a place permanently or for a considerable time; to have one's settled home somewhere. Full entry
- Spelling
- reside → residing: drop the e, add -ing
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