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[ˈrɛzɪd(ə)nt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a person who lives somewhere permanently or on a long-term basis
(e.g: it was a beautiful hamlet with just 100 residents)
- a medical graduate engaged in specialized practice under supervision in a hospital
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Origin
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Middle English: from Latin resident- ‘remaining’, from the verb residere (see reside)
[ˈrɛzɪd(ə)nt], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- living somewhere on a long-term basis
(e.g: he has been resident in Brazil for a long time)
- (of a computer program, file, etc.) immediately available in computer memory, rather than having to be loaded from elsewhere
(e.g: an intangible computer program resident on a magnetic disk)
Phrases:
Origin
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Middle English: from Latin resident- ‘remaining’, from the verb residere (see reside)
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