residential English · revision 5987

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1654}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌrez.ɪˈden.ʃəl/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[residence]] with the suffix -ial,^(SOED 2002)^(MWU 2024) after pairs such as presidential or essence and essential;^(SOED 2002)^(MWU 2024) Etymonline takes it from [[resident]] and -ial.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Serving or used as a residence: 1654 in the OED and MWU, the 1650s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Relating to residence or residences in general, and so to housing, is from 1856.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) Suitable for the residence of the better classes is from 1878,^(OED 1989) and of a Resident, a British official at a foreign court, from 1885, a rare sense.^(OED 1989) The noun, a residential hotel, is from 1953.^(OED 1989) Residential schools, courses and care, where people live as well as study or are looked after, are a later use.^(Collins 2023)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1654 – serving as a residence.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1856 – relating to housing.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1878 – suitable for good housing.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1953 – a residential hotel.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Suitable for or used for people's homes: ''a residential area''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Relating to or requiring residence: ''a residential course''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[residentially]]

+ * [[nonresidential]]

+ * [[residential college]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[residence]]

+ * [[resident]]

+ * [[reside]]

+ * [[residency]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}