A residential area contains houses rather than offices or factories.
...a smart residential area.
Fontbonne is a liberal arts college, located in a residential suburb of St. Louis.
Synonyms: suburban, commuter, dormitory More Synonyms of residential
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A residential institution is one where people live while they are studying there or being cared for there.
Training involves a two-year residential course.
...a residential home for children with disabilities.
residential in British English
(ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl)
adjective
1.
suitable for or allocated for residence
a residential area
2.
relating to or having residence
Derived forms
residentially (ˌresiˈdentially)
adverb
residential in American English
(ˌrɛzəˈdɛnʃəl)
adjective
1.
of or connected with residence
2.
of, characterized by, or suitable for residences, or homes
a residential neighborhood
3. US
chiefly for residents rather than transients
a residential hotel
Derived forms
residentially (ˌresiˈdentially)
adverb
Examples of 'residential' in a sentence
residential
Stables and two residential homes for staff will be put up in the grounds.
The Sun (2016)
Social care cuts have forced six in ten councils to close residential and nursing homes this year.
The Sun (2016)
Residential homes are so stretched that elderly patients are routinely deprived of their dignity.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A third of residential care homes are at risk of going bankrupt.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A report claims four million stuck on wards each year could be looked after better at home or in residential care.
The Sun (2016)
These assets include the residential property, bonds and equities that have soared in value as a direct result of central bank stimulus.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Though limited in number, innovations such as specialist residential property funds and crowdfunding offer more opportunity for diversification across a number of assets.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Complaints about home care have jumped by a quarter in the past year alone and complaints over residential homes have risen by 21 per cent.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Little exists in the way of residential full time courses.
Lashford, Stephanie The Residue Report - an action plan for safer food (1988)
It was occupied for a century and is now a residential college.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It expects the property to be available for the full year and applicants must already own a residential property.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Radio masts placed in residential areas?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We're on course to shuffle into a sort of residential home for retired great powers.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
She'd lost the best part of a stone by the end of that residential course.
The Sun (2013)
The gross yield on residential property is about 5.2 per cent.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Next year she hopes to attend a special needs residential college near Nottingham.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Residential areas are where pubs really come into their own, for drinking and fine dining.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
She was 93 when it became apparent she needed to enter a residential nursing home.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
At least for residential property, these arguments provide a good retort to fears of a bubble.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And since it was not in a residential area, meetings could go all night.
Christianity Today (2000)
In Nepal the idea of a residential home for the elderly is still a foreign concept.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He is now being cared for in a residential home paid for by Herefordshire council.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I work for a bank and they sent me on a residential training course last month.
The Sun (2015)
So the links are between the town centre and residential areas - that is where the cycling infrastructure comes in.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Research shows that the majority of councils in Britain are either lowering or considering lowering the speed limit in residential areas.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In 1968 he launched an annual residential Roman army course which continues to this day.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
All recruits go on a 15-day residential basic training course in Buckinghamshire.
The Sun (2013)
The default position is to send young people out of London to residential colleges as far away as Manchester.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
residential
British English: residential /ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/ ADJECTIVE
A residential area contains houses rather than offices or factories.
...a smart residential area.
American English: residential
Arabic: سَكَنيّ
Brazilian Portuguese: residencial
Chinese: 住宅的
Croatian: stambeni
Czech: obytný
Danish: beboelses-
Dutch: woon-
European Spanish: residencial
Finnish: asuin-
French: résidentiel
German: im Haus
Greek: οικιστικός
Italian: residenziale
Japanese: 住宅地の
Korean: 거주의
Norwegian: bolig-
Polish: mieszkaniowy
European Portuguese: residencial
Romanian: rezidențial
Russian: жилой
Latin American Spanish: residencial
Swedish: bostads-
Thai: เขตที่มีที่พักอาศัย
Turkish: meskun
Ukrainian: житловий
Vietnamese: thuộc khu dân cư
All related terms of 'residential'
residential care
the provision by a welfare agency of a home with social-work supervision for people who need more than just housing accommodation , such as children in care or adults with learning difficulties
residential centre
A centre is a building where people have meetings , take part in a particular activity, or get help of some kind.
residential course
A course is a series of lessons or lectures on a particular subject.
residential home
a home with social-work supervision for people who need more than just housing accommodation , such as elderly people, children in care , or adults with learning difficulties
residential school
(in Canada ) a boarding school maintained by the Canadian government for Native Canadian and Inuit children from sparsely populated settlements
residential address
Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work.
residential neighbourhood
A neighbourhood is one of the parts of a town where people live.