Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take up residence

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.34 in modern English

Syllables
take up res-i-dence
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To begin living in a place.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

takes up residence (present, singular) taking up residence (participle, present) took up residence (past) taken up residence (participle, past)

Questions

What does take up residence mean?
To begin living in a place.

How to pronounce take up residence

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