make one's home in a particular place or community
"may parents reside in Florida"
To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.
"After years of traveling, they decided to reside in the coastal town where their children were born."
In plain English: To reside means to live somewhere permanently as your home.
"My grandmother resides in a small house near the coast."
Usage: Use reside when referring to where someone lives, but avoid it in casual conversation if you simply mean "stay" for the night. This verb is often confused with "reside within," which correctly describes an abstract quality existing inside something rather than a physical location.
The word comes from the Latin resideo, which originally meant to remain or sit back. It entered Middle English through Old French and eventually evolved into our modern sense of living in a particular place.