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residency
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun residency has 2 senses
- residency(n = noun.act) abidance, residence - the act of dwelling in a place; Array is a kind of act, deed, human action, human activity
- residency(n = noun.act) Array - the position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship); Array is a kind of berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation, spot
has particulars: lodging, occupancy, tenancy
Derived forms verb reside2, verb reside1, adjective resident1, adjective resident2
CIDE DICTIONARY
residency, n.
- Residence. [1913 Webster]
- A political agency at a native court in British India, held by an officer styled the Resident; also, a Dutch commercial colony or province in the East Indies. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
residency, n. (pl. -ies)
1 = RESIDENCE 1, 2a.
2 US a period of specialized medical training; the position of a resident.
3 hist. the official residence of the Governor-General's representative or other government agent at an Indian native court; the territory supervised by this official.
4 a musician's regular engagement at a club etc.
5 a group or organization of intelligence agents in a foreign country.
1 = RESIDENCE 1, 2a.
2 US a period of specialized medical training; the position of a resident.
3 hist. the official residence of the Governor-General's representative or other government agent at an Indian native court; the territory supervised by this official.
4 a musician's regular engagement at a club etc.
5 a group or organization of intelligence agents in a foreign country.
THESAURUS
residency
Hippocratic oath, abiding, abode, cohabitation, commorancy, domicile, dwelling, general practice, habitancy, habitation, home, house, inhabitancy, inhabitation, inhabiting, internship, living, lodging, medical practice, nesting, occupancy, occupation, practice of medicine, residence, residing, restricted practice, sojourning, squatting, staying, staying over, stopping, tenancy
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