Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A place to live in; an abode.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Delay.
- noun Continuance; stay; sojourn.
- noun Habitation; residence; abode; lodgment.
- noun A place of residence or abode; an abiding-place; specifically, a house for residence; a dwelling-house.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.
- noun a house intended to be occupied as a residence, in distinction from a store, office, or other building.
- noun place of residence.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
habitation ; a place or house in which a person lives;abode ;domicile . - verb Present participle of
dwell .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun housing that someone is living in
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Examples
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It covers and unifies a number of functions; garages and storeroom of bicycles, access terrace with a storm lobby, main dwelling space, living terrace and the fencing.
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I feel exquisite pleasure in dwelling on the recollections of childhood, before misfortune had tainted my mind, and changed its bright visions of extensive usefulness into gloomy and narrow reflections upon self.
Chapter 2 2010
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Census questions include: how many people live at the address; whether the dwelling is owned or rented; a phone number; and, for each household member, a name, sex, age, date of birth, race and indication of Hispanic origin.
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Joyce isn't interested in dwelling on statistics such as those.
As midterm nears, Democratic activist sees fewer friendly faces in Arkansas Sandhya Somashekhar 2010
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I feel pleasure in dwelling on the recollections of childhood, before misfortune had tainted my mind, and changed its bright visions of extensive usefulness into gloomy and narrow reflections upon self.
Chapter 1 2010
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The once concrete dwelling is also now cooled by this greenery and shaded year round.
Via Torino Renovated Green Loft in Fashionable Milan | Inhabitat 2009
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There was an unfairness about it that perplexed Frederick, until he found solace in dwelling upon the failure Tom had made of life.
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Enter, holy pilgrims, receive this corner, for though this dwelling is poor,
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Enter, holy pilgrims, receive this corner, for though this dwelling is poor,
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The dwelling is in the design development stage right now.
brobbins commented on the word dwelling
where Providence subsists, protection, Shekinah
July 22, 2009
GHibbs commented on the word dwelling
My adjectival use: 'Although unusual, it is a dwelling house.'
August 22, 2011