resident

Everyday

1. A resident is a person who lives in a place, such as a house, street, town or country. tree →
2. A resident is also someone living in a hotel, care home or hospital for a time. tree →
3. (adjective) Resident means living or working in a place: "our resident cat", "the resident artist". tree →
4. (humorous) "The resident expert" is the person in a group who knows most about something. tree →

In the lessons

In maths problems residents are the people counted in a town or a block of flats: "a town has 4,500 residents". In everyday life signs say "residents only" for parking. In science an animal that lives in one area all year is a resident, not a visitor. Phrases: local residents, residents only, permanent resident, resident of.

Examples

• Residents of our street had a big party. tree →
• The sign says "Parking for residents only". tree →
• Each of the 12 flats has 3 residents, so there are 36 residents in all. tree →
• My aunt is a resident of Canada. tree →
• The care home has forty residents. tree →
• Robins are resident birds here; they stay all winter. tree →
• Ask Sam, he is our resident computer expert. tree →
• The new residents moved in next door yesterday. tree →
• He even found a house for his guest, and in this way Sentaro obtained his great wish and became a resident in the country of Perpetual Life. tree →

Note

Countable: a resident, residents. Related words: reside (formal: live), residence (a home, formal), residential (an area with houses). In maths "residents" are a count of people, so the answer is a whole number. Do not confuse with "president".