dwelling

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈdwɛlɪŋ/ 🇺🇸 /ˈdwɛlɪŋ/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A place where a person lives; a residence or home, such as a house, apartment, or other structure used for habitation.; A building or structure used as a place of residence, especially in legal or formal contexts.; The act of residing or living in a particular place; habitation.
  2. verb
    Present participle of 'dwell'; residing or living in a place.; Present participle of 'dwell' in the sense of thinking or speaking at length about a particular subject, often with 'on' or 'upon'.; Present participle of 'dwell' in the musical sense; lingering on a note or tone.
  3. adjective
    Used attributively to describe something related to a place of residence, as in 'dwelling place' or 'dwelling house'.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: dwellings

Collocations

dwelling placedwelling houseprivate dwellingdwelling unithuman dwelling

Derivatives

dwelldwellerdwell-time

Synonyms

residenceabodehabitationdomicilehomelodging

Commonly confused

dwell
EN: 'Dwell' is the verb meaning to live or reside; 'dwelling' is the noun meaning the place where one lives.
dweller
EN: 'Dweller' refers to the person who lives somewhere (e.g., 'city dweller'); 'dwelling' refers to the place itself.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember 'dwelling' has a double 'l' (dwell + -ing). Do not write 'dweling'.

💬 Examples

  1. The old stone dwelling had been in the family for over a hundred years.

  2. The zoning laws prohibit commercial activity in areas designated for dwellings only.

  3. His dwelling in the remote mountains lasted for nearly a decade.

  4. The tribe has been dwelling in this valley for generations.

  5. She was dwelling on the mistakes she had made during the presentation.

  6. The pianist was dwelling on the final chord, letting it fade slowly into silence.

  7. The dwelling house was situated at the edge of the forest.