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 relocation

remotion, move

Examples from the Web for relocation

Contemporary Examples of relocation

Maariv, p. 1/NRG Hebrew) Netanyahu's point man on Bedouin relocation says plan still on track - Maj. Gen. (res.
Bedouin Relocation Plan Still On Track?
Orly Halpern
December 17, 2013
It is now impossible for such a relocation to happen, but this does not mean it is time to give up the fight.
Boycott Putin, Not the Sochi Olympics
Garry Kasparov
August 15, 2013
However a relocation of the royal family to Anglesey would be a huge break with protocol.
Kate To Join William In Wales
Tom Sykes
August 7, 2013
Their relocation, although painful, would be very manageable.
Israel And Syria: A Missed Opportunity?
Noam Ohana
March 5, 2013
These are two of the best foreign films of recent years, and they both concern the anguish of relocation.
‘Monsieur Lazhar’ Tackles Immigration in Imaginative Canadian Film
Stephen Farber
April 13, 2012

Historical Examples of relocation

This would be immediately after the relocation of the mine and the driving off of Cochise.
Bloom of Cactus
Robert Ames Bennet
And in making your relocation did you again pass through the graveyard?
Pickett's Gap
Homer Greene
This new migration was reinforced by the relocation of entire families.
Area Handbook for Albania
Eugene K. Keefe
The "notice" was already up, the "relocation" of our mine completed beyond recall, and the crowd rapidly dispersing.
Roughing It
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Often when easy gold became scarce a claim was abandoned and open to relocation.
The Pinos Altos Story
Dorothy Watson

British Dictionary definitions for relocation

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 relocation

1746, in Scottish law, "renewal of a lease," noun of action from relocate. Meaning "act of relocating" is from 1837.

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.