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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | residence of place |
| Synonyms: | control, deed, habitation, holding, inhabitance, inhabitancy, occupation, ownership, possession, retention, settlement, tenancy, tenure, term, title, use |
| Main Entry: | hold |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grasp, possession |
| Synonyms: | authority, clasp, clench, clinch, clout, clutch, control, dominance, dominion, grip, influence, occupancy, occupation, ownership, pull, purchase, retention, sway, tenacity, tenure |
| Antonyms: | dispossession, release |
| Main Entry: | occupation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | control, possession |
| Synonyms: | habitation, holding, inhabitancy, inhabitation, occupancy, ownership, residence, settlement, tenancy, tenure, title, use |
| Main Entry: | ownership |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possession of property |
| Synonyms: | buying, claim, control, cut, deed, dominion, end, hand, having, holding, occupancy, partnership, piece, possessorship, property, proprietary rights, proprietorship, purchase, purchasing, residence, slice, takeover, tenancy, tenure, title, use |
| Antonyms: | lease, renting |
| Main Entry: | possession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | control, ownership |
| Synonyms: | custody, dominion, hold, occupancy, occupation, possessorship, proprietary, proprietary rights, proprietorship, retention, tenancy, tenure, title |
| Antonyms: | lack, need, want |
| Main Entry: | residence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for living |
| Synonyms: | abode, address, apartment, co-op, condo, domicile, dwelling, habitation, hall, headquarters, hole, home, homeplate, house, household, inhabitancy, inhabitation, living quarters, lodging, manor, mansion, occupancy, occupation, palace, rack, roof*, roost, seat, settlement, villa |
| Antonyms: | business, industry, office |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | settlement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | community |
| Synonyms: | colonization, colony, encampment, establishment, foundation, habitation, hamlet, inhabitancy, occupancy, occupation, outpost, plantation, principality, residence |
| Main Entry: | tenure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time in position of responsibility |
| Synonyms: | administration, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clutch, dynasty, grasp, grip, hold, holding, incumbency, occupancy, occupation, ownership, possession, proprietorship, regime, reign, residence, security, tenancy, term |
| Main Entry: | habitat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | residence |
| Synonyms: | abode, accommodations, address, apartment, berth, biosphere, cave, commorancy, condo, condominium, crib, den, digs, domicile, dwelling, element, environment, fireside, flat, habitation, haunt, haven, hearth, hole, home, home plate, homestead, house, housing, locale, locality, lodging, nest, nook, occupancy, occupation, pad, place, quarters, range, residency, roof, roost, seat, settlement, site, stamping ground, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf |
| Notes: | environment is the area in which something exists or lives; habitat is a the place or type of place where a person or thing is most likely to be found |
| Antonyms: | unnatural surroundings |
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