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Narrator: Today's word is "Residence" — noun, pronounced /ˈrezɪdəns/, with the stress on "res".
Narrator: A residence is a place where someone lives, or the fact of living in a particular place.
Narrator: In plain English, a residence is your home — the place where you reside.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin residentia, from residere, meaning to sit back or remain.
Narrator: "A place of residence" describes the address where someone lives.
Narrator: It differs from home because residence is more formal, whereas home is warm and personal.
Narrator: "In residence" is a sense meaning living at an institution, like an artist in residence.
Narrator: Property, law, universities and government all rely on the word residence.
Narrator: So remember: a residence is a home, from the Latin for to remain.
Speaker A: What does residence mean?
Speaker B: A home! RESIDENCE comes from the Latin residentia, from residere, to remain, so it's a place where someone lives.
Speaker A: So it's a formal word for home?
Speaker B: Yes — like a place of residence on a form!
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Place of residence"; "in residence"; "an official residence" — forms, institutions and addresses.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Don't confuse residence with residency, because residence is a home, while residency is a training period.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: 'Home' the warm cousin, 'dwelling' the legal twin, 'abode' the literary alternative. The word keeps its settled charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "residence" in AI prompts — useful for property apps and university tools.
Speaker A: So a prompt could frame a form?
Speaker B: Right. For a property app, you'd write:
Prompt: Write a short form asking for a place of residence, naming two fields.
Speaker A: How about a university tool?
Speaker B: Ask the model to explain:
Prompt: Draft a note on what an artist in residence does, naming one output.
Speaker A: Could it help with a tax bot?
Speaker B: Yes, you can frame rules:
Prompt: Summarise in two sentences how residence affects tax status, naming one rule.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: For a legal chatbot, try this:
Prompt: Write a short clause about change of residence, naming one notice period.
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