reside
gb/ɹɪzˈaɪd/ us/ɹɪzˈaɪd/
B2
Engleză
~ 8400
lakik, rejlik, tárolódik, található
VERB
B2
FORMAL
1
lakik
A1
Tipar de utilizare:
[someone] resides in [a place]
They currently reside in a small town outside Boston.
Jelenleg egy Boston melletti kisvárosban laknak.
Only students who reside on campus may use this parking lot.
Ezt a parkolót csak azok a diákok használhatják, akik a kampuszon laknak.
She has resided in Canada for more than twenty years.
At that time, the family resided in a two‑bedroom apartment above the shop.
Applicants must legally reside in the country for five years before applying for citizenship.
Exemple pentru cursanți
I reside in a city near London.
Egy Londonhoz közeli városban lakom.
My grandparents reside in a quiet village.
A nagyszüleim egy csendes faluban laknak.
He now resides in Germany for his new job.
Many international students reside in the university dorms.
To vote, you must reside in this district.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes use "reside" in very casual situations where "live" is more natural, for example, saying *"I reside with my parents"* in everyday conversation. In normal speech, people say *"I live with my parents"* and use "reside" mainly in formal or official contexts (forms, legal texts, news reports). Another common mistake is using the wrong preposition, e.g. *"reside at Paris"* instead of *"reside in Paris"*; use "in" for cities and countries and often "at" only for a specific address.
Sens
live in a particular place
Colocații
reside in
|currently resides
|permanently reside
|reside abroad
|reside at [address]
|reside in the United States
Sinonime
live (More common and less formal; used in almost all everyday situations instead of "reside".)
|
dwell (Sounds literary or old‑fashioned; less common in modern everyday speech.)
Antonime
visit (Implies staying in a place for a short time, not having it as your home.)
Teme
daily life
|home
|travel
|daily_life
Definiție
To live in a place as your home, usually for a long time or in an official way.
To live in a particular place and have it as your official or long‑term home.
C1
FORMAL
2
rejlik
B2
Tipar de utilizare:
[something] resides in [something]
In a democracy, ultimate power resides in the people.
Demokráciában a legfőbb hatalom a népé.
The difficulty resides in finding reliable data.
A nehézség abban rejlik, hogy megbízható adatokat találjunk.
Our strength resides in the diversity of our team.
The problem does not reside in the software but in how it is being used.
The company’s real value resides in its intellectual property.
Exemple pentru cursanți
In this system, control resides in one main office.
Ebben a rendszerben az irányítás egy központi irodában összpontosul.
The main risk resides in the lack of money.
A fő kockázat a pénzhiányban rejlik.
The success of the project resides in good planning.
For many people, happiness resides in simple things.
The answer resides in the last paragraph of the text.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners may confuse this formal use with the more concrete sense of living in a place and try sentences like *"The problem resides in our boss"* when they mean the boss causes the problem but is not a container for it. This sense usually refers to qualities, causes, power, or abstract ideas existing within something, often written as "X resides in Y" or "responsibility resides with Y". Another issue is overusing it in informal speech, where "the problem is in" or "the problem comes from" is more natural.
Sens
exist or lie in something
Colocații
power resides in
|authority resides in
|problem resides in
|strength resides in
|difference resides in
|responsibility resides with
Sinonime
lie (Common in phrases like "the problem lies in"; slightly less formal and more frequent in speech.)
|
exist (More general; does not always carry the idea of source or main part as strongly as "reside".)
Antonime
be absent from (Expresses that a quality, cause, or source is not present where it might be expected.)
Teme
abstract
|politics
|ideas
|core_vocabulary
Definiție
To be in something as the main part, source, or cause of a result or quality.
To exist or be present in something as its main part, source, or cause.
VERB
C1
TECHNICAL
3
Tipar de utilizare:
[data/file] resides in [system location]
All user profiles reside on a central server.
Minden felhasználói profil egy központi szerveren tárolódik.
The configuration file resides in the application’s root directory.
A konfigurációs fájl az alkalmazás gyökérkönyvtárában található.
During execution, the program resides in memory.
Customer data currently resides in a secure cloud environment.
The core module resides on a separate database cluster.
Exemple pentru cursanți
The file resides on this computer.
A fájl ezen a számítógépen található.
All photos reside in the images folder.
Az összes fotó az images mappában található.
The program resides on the company server.
These records reside in a secure database.
Most of the game data resides in this directory.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners may not realize this is mainly used in technical writing and might say *"My homework resides on my laptop"* in everyday speech, which sounds unnatural. In normal conversation, it is better to say "is on my laptop" or "is stored on my laptop". Also, learners sometimes use the wrong preposition, saying *"reside in the server"*; in computing, "on the server" is more typical than "in the server" for files and applications.
Sens
be stored in a system location
Colocații
reside on the server
|reside in memory
|files reside on
|data resides in
|application resides on
Sinonime
be stored (More general and clearer for learners; does not imply formality or technical style as strongly as "reside".)
Antonime
be removed (Indicates that the data or file is no longer present in that system location.)
Teme
technology
|computing
Definiție
To be kept or stored in a certain place inside a computer or network.
In computing, to be stored or located in a particular place within a computer or network system.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
reside
IPA
GB/ɹɪzˈaɪd/
US/ɹɪzˈaɪd/
Silabe și accent
reside (1 silabă)
Forme ale cuvântului
Verb
- Base: reside
- 3rd Person Singular: resides
- Present Participle: residing
- Past: resided
Familie de cuvinte
Forms
resides
verb
residing
verb
resided
verb
Core family
Related words
residency
noun B2
Negative and opposite forms
nonresident
noun/adjective
Expresii
reside in
1/ɹɪzˈaɪd ˈɪn/
fixed phrase
formal
have its source or place in
To be in something as the main source, place, or part of a result, quality, or power.
Exemple
- In this case, the main challenge resides in the lack of time.
- Their competitive advantage resides in their strong brand.
- Under the constitution, supreme authority resides in the national assembly.
reside with
1/ɹɪzˈaɪd wˈɪθ/
fixed phrase
formal
responsibility or power belongs to
To belong to a person or group as their responsibility, decision, or power.
Exemple
- The final decision resides with the board of directors.
- Under the new policy, responsibility resides with individual departments.
- Ultimate control resides with the regulatory authorities.