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residential
/ˌɹɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/
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What does residential mean?
adjective
- Of or pertaining to a place of personal residence or to a location for such places.
- Used as a residence or by residents.
- Of or pertaining to residency.
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noun
- A trip during which people temporarily live together.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɹɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/
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The district in which he had landed was residential—a district of merchants of the more prosperous sort.
Spacious modern boulevards and residential quarters surround and embrace the narrow, tortuous, and picturesque streets of the original town.
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Capital investment consists largely of residential housing, not productive assets that would enable local Palestinian firms to compete with Israeli industry.
It was found impossible to keep mechanics on account of indifferent residential accommodations afforded by the tiny village, remote from civilization, among the central mountains of New Jersey.