relocate

[ree-loh-keyt, ree-loh-keyt]

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verb (used with object), re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing.

to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location: plans to relocate the firm to Houston.

verb (used without object), re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing.

to change one's residence or place of business; move: Next year we may relocate to Denver.

Origin of relocate

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35; re- + locate

Related formsre·lo·ca·tion, noun

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Related Words for relocate

advance, disturb, shove, shift, transpose, remove, impel, carry, transfer, push, position, dislocate, change

Examples from the Web for relocate

Contemporary Examples of relocate

It has taken more than that so far to just relocate the population and shore up the buildings.
Madonna, Carla Bruni & Obama Abandoned Pledges To Rebuild L'Aquila After The Quake
Barbie Latza Nadeau
November 18, 2014
Much of the money meant to restore the center and rebuild the houses has gone instead to relocate the residents.
Madonna, Carla Bruni & Obama Abandoned Pledges To Rebuild L'Aquila After The Quake
Barbie Latza Nadeau
November 18, 2014
Congressional restrictions have made it more difficult to transfer or relocate Guantánamo detainees.
Obama, Not Congress, Is the Reason Guantánamo Is Still Open
Thomas Joscelyn
May 3, 2013
Dear Blogger: Does it make sense to relocate to a higher cost of living area for more employment opportunities?
Ask the Blogger
Megan McArdle
November 26, 2012
The hospital was forced to relocate 215 patients, including several newborn babies, in the middle of the night.
After Storm, Who’s Got the Real Power? Look for Backup Generators
Daniel Gross
October 30, 2012

Historical Examples of relocate

Again the orange sphere halted, as if trying to relocate its victim.
The Whispering Spheres
Russell Robert Winterbotham
All the boys went out West in an endeavor to relocate this claim.
Dave Porter and His Double
Edward Stratemeyer
Still, it's quite likely that a friend of mine will relocate your old claim a little ahead of them.
Delilah of the Snows
Harold Bindloss
A Chinese refused to lease land where the Japanese wished to relocate their railway station.
China, Japan and the U.S.A.
John Dewey
He smiled once, winked twice, and three minutes afterward four men were on their way to relocate that pole.
Homeburg Memories
George Helgesen Fitch

British Dictionary definitions for relocate

relocate

verb

to move or be moved to a new place, esp (of an employee, a business, etc) to a new area or place of employment
(intr) (of an employee, a business, etc) to move for reasons of business to a new area or place of employment

Derived Formsrelocation, noun

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Word Origin and History for relocate

1822, transitive, "to move (something, originally a road) to another place," from re- "back, again" + locate (v.). Intransitive sense of "settle again" is from 1841. Related: Relocated; relocating.