reside
gb/ɹɪzˈaɪd/ us/ɹɪzˈaɪd/
B2
Kiingereza
~ 8400
Maana
maana 0
Kitenzi
formal
B2
state
1
live in a particular place
To live in a place as your home, usually for a long time or in an official way.
Muundo wa matumizi:
[someone] resides in [a place]
Kosa la kawaida:
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.
Visawe
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.)
Vinyume
visit (Implies staying in a place for a short time, not having it as your home.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
reside in
|currently resides
|permanently reside
|reside abroad
|reside at [address]
|reside in the United States
Mada
daily life
|home
|travel
|daily_life
Mifano
- They currently reside in a small town outside Boston.
- Only students who reside on campus may use this parking lot.
- 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.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- I reside in a city near London.
- My grandparents reside in a quiet village.
- 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.
unknown
formal
C1
state
2
exist or lie in something
To be in something as the main part, source, or cause of a result or quality.
Muundo wa matumizi:
[something] resides in [something]
Kosa la kawaida:
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.
Visawe
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".)
Vinyume
be absent from (Expresses that a quality, cause, or source is not present where it might be expected.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
power resides in
|authority resides in
|problem resides in
|strength resides in
|difference resides in
|responsibility resides with
Mada
abstract
|politics
|ideas
|core_vocabulary
Mifano
- In a democracy, ultimate power resides in the people.
- The difficulty resides in finding reliable data.
- 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.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- In this system, control resides in one main office.
- The main risk resides in the lack of money.
- 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.
Kitenzi
technical
C1
state
3
be stored in a system location
To be kept or stored in a certain place inside a computer or network.
Muundo wa matumizi:
[data/file] resides in [system location]
Kosa la kawaida:
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.
Visawe
be stored (More general and clearer for learners; does not imply formality or technical style as strongly as "reside".)
Vinyume
be removed (Indicates that the data or file is no longer present in that system location.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
reside on the server
|reside in memory
|files reside on
|data resides in
|application resides on
Mada
technology
|computing
Mifano
- All user profiles reside on a central server.
- The configuration file resides in the application’s root directory.
- 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.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- The file resides on this computer.
- All photos reside in the images folder.
- The program resides on the company server.
- These records reside in a secure database.
- Most of the game data resides in this directory.
Sarufi
Umbo la kamusi
reside
IPA
GB/ɹɪzˈaɪd/
US/ɹɪzˈaɪd/
Silabi na mkazo
reside (silabi 1)
Maumbo ya neno
Verb
- Base: reside
- 3rd Person Singular: resides
- Present Participle: residing
- Past: resided
Familia ya neno
Forms
resides
verb
residing
verb
resided
verb
Core family
Related words
residency
noun B2
Negative and opposite forms
nonresident
noun/adjective
Semi
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.
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano
- 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.