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# residential

«residential» in Mova's school dictionary: **Residential describes an area where people live in homes…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (residential)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Residential describes an area where people live in homes, rather than shops or factories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/residential/#m1)

2) A residential trip or course is one where you stay overnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/residential/#m2)

3) Residential can mean to do with living in a place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/residential/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Geography: towns have residential areas, shopping areas and industrial areas. School (UK, Ireland, Australia): a «residential» is a school trip where children stay away from home for a few nights. Safety: speed limits are lower in residential streets. Phrases: residential area, residential street, a residential trip, residential home.

### examples

- We live in a quiet residential street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/residential/#x1)
- The speed limit is lower in residential areas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/residential/#x2)
- Our class is going on a residential trip to the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/residential/#x3)
- The factory cannot be built in a residential area. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/residential/#x4)
- Grandma moved into a residential care home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/residential/#x5)
- On the map, residential areas are coloured yellow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/residential/#x6)

### note

Adjective from «resident» (a person who lives in a place) and «residence» (a home). In Britain «a residential» is also used as a noun for an overnight school trip.

### In the corpora

- [Canada has apologised for the residential schools and is working towards reconciliation.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/39-canada-a-short-story/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «residential» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/residential/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.