res

¹ American  

[reez, reys] / riz, reɪs /

noun

Chiefly Law.

plural

res

1. an object or thing; matter.

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RES ² American  

abbreviation

Immunology.

1. reticuloendothelial system.

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res. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. research.

2. reserve.

3. residence.

4. resident; residents.

5. resigned.

6. resolution.

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res. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. residence

2. resides

3. resigned

4. resolution

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res ² British  

/ reɪs /

noun

1. a thing, matter, or object

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Etymology

Origin of res

First recorded in 1850–55, res is from the Latin word rēs

Example Sentences

Like Nokia’s Labovitz, he had become fixated on the Chinese company behind the res proxy network connected to Kimwolf.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The law deems them res nullius, which literally means a thing belonging to nobody - so responsibility falls to individual landowners.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025

Instead of plopping us into an eternity in media res, Freyne introduces something novel to this process: a choice.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2025

Not necessarily in chronology — since the flashbacks and -forwards of “Lost,” TV has become suffused with in media res openings and Vonnegutian unstickings in time.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2023

Monstrat Joannes Christum, haud res mira videtur: Vox unus, verbum scilicet alter erat.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard