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house
A dwelling for a group of people, such as students or members of a religious community, who live together as a unit:
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  1. A dwelling for a group of people, such as students or members of a religious community, who live together as a unit:
  2. A family line including ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble family:
  3. (--- Slang) A house of prostitution.
residence
A place of abode with some permanence; residence requires bodily presence and is distinct from domicile, which requires both bodily presence and intent to make it one’s home. A person may have many places of residence, but only one domicile; a house or apartment; the place where a corporation does business, or is registered to do business. See also domicile. A place of abode with some permanence; residence requires bodily presence and is distinct from domicile, which requires both bodily presence and intent to make it one’s home. A person may have many places of residence, but only one domicile; a house or apartment; the place where a corporation does business, or is registered to do business. See also domicile.
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  1. A place of abode with some permanence; residence requires bodily presence and is distinct from domicile, which requires both bodily presence and intent to make it one’s home. A person may have many places of residence, but only one domicile; a house or apartment; the place where a corporation does business, or is registered to do business. See also domicile. A place of abode with some permanence; residence requires bodily presence and is distinct from domicile, which requires both bodily presence and intent to make it one’s home. A person may have many places of residence, but only one domicile; a house or apartment; the place where a corporation does business, or is registered to do business. See also domicile.
  2. The place in which a person or thing resides; dwelling place; abode; esp., a house
  3. A large or imposing house; mansion
abode
(Formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]
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  1. (Formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]
  2. A place where one lives or stays; home; residence
  3. 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 8, The Celebrity:
lodging
A place to live:
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  1. A place to live:
  2. A room or rooms rented in a private home
  3. (In the plural) Furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation.
abode
(Formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]
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  1. (Formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]
  2. 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 8, The Celebrity:
  3. A dwelling place; a home.
domicile
(Law) One's fixed place of dwelling, where one intends to reside more or less permanently
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  1. (Law) One's fixed place of dwelling, where one intends to reside more or less permanently
  2. A residence; a home.
  3. A customary dwelling place; home; residence
habitation
The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
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  1. The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
  2. A residence.
  3. A place in which to live; dwelling; home
home
A headquarters; a home base.
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  1. A headquarters; a home base.
  2. A place where one lives; a residence.
  3. A place thought of as home
house
A building that functions as the primary shelter or location of something:
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  1. A building that functions as the primary shelter or location of something:
  2. The building or part of a building occupied by one family or tenant; dwelling place
  3. Something regarded as a house; place that provides shelter, living space, etc.
lodging
Furnished rooms in another's house rented for accommodation.
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  1. Furnished rooms in another's house rented for accommodation.
  2. A room or rooms rented in a private home
  3. A place to live in, esp. temporarily; quarters
place
The specified stage in a list of points to be made, as in an argument:
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  1. The specified stage in a list of points to be made, as in an argument:
  2. Room or space, especially adequate space:
  3. A dwelling; a house:
residence
The place in which one lives; a dwelling.
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  1. The place in which one lives; a dwelling.
  2. The fact or status of living or staying in a place while working, going to school, carrying out official duties, etc., esp. long enough to qualify for certain rights, privileges, etc.
  3. The place in which a person or thing resides; dwelling place; abode; esp., a house
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  • It was a waste of time dwelling on a future she didn't have.

  • There was no point dwelling on it.

  • Leyon followed, and Mansr took her into a small dwelling on the mountain.

  • The warriors guarding the dwelling eyed her.

  • Dwelling in her misery, she was surprised when his shadow fell across her.

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