hall of residence

British

noun

a residential block in or attached to a university, college, etc

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Jade recalls the time her sister visited her at university and tried to join her for a formal dinner in her halls of residence, only to be embarrassed by a professor.

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Many of her course mates are only just getting out of bed in their nearby halls of residence, ready for the first lecture of the day at 09:00.

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Dozens of students were evacuated from their halls of residence because of a fire that started in a kitchen.

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Having done his best to form friendships within his halls of residence, he reluctantly signed up for accommodation with four others rather than risk finding himself with no house and no-one to share it with.

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She was also heavily involved in a campaign to stop the University of Derby turning its now empty 274-room hall of residence in the town into dispersal accommodation for asylum seekers.

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