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relocation

relocation

23 3.1
Moving to a new place to live or work
  • noun
  • /ˌriːloʊˈkeɪʃən/
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  • If you are an EU official, there's the relocation allowance, the household allowance, the family allowance, the entertainment allowance, the private healthcare allowance, the private-education-for-your-kids allowance.
  • relocation allowances
  • job relocation
  • urban relocation

He was in charge of the relocation of the archive from Lubianca to Yasenovo.

Examples

  • Together, both schools joined forces to support the relocation, from busing to class composition.

    Blog text (23)
  • In 1866, agent W. H. Prichett recommended that the government pay for the relocation of 172 indigent families.

    Academic text (2008)
  • - Hey... so I can get my housing relocation forms here, yeah?

  • Maybe insurance should only cover owners who agree to relocation to homes further from the ocean.

    Blog text (19)
  • Just like anything else in business, an office relocation requires planning in combination with knowledge.

    Blog text (19)
  • Relocation of the president and key staff is underway.

  • Some commentators have claimed that this relocation led to a system of protected villages.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Once, some two weeks after my relocation, I persuaded her to accompany me to a cafe at lunchtime.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • He was in charge of the relocation of the archive from Lubianca to Yasenovo.

  • The company offered a generous relocation package to help employees move to the new office in Austin.

Synonyms

move
vsrelocation
259 1.1

An act of changing the place where you live

is the broader process that can include several actions over time
moving in
vsrelocation
82 2.7

The time when you begin to live in a new home

is broader, covering leaving an old place and settling into a new one
migration
vsrelocation
82 3.7

Movement of people from one place to another to live there

is the individual or business change of place, not group or mass movement
shifting
vsrelocation
24 3.7

Moving from one place or state to another

is limited to changes of residence or business rather than any general shift
resettlement
vsrelocation
16 3.9

Moving people to a new place to live after they are forced to leave their homes

is a neutral act of changing residence or business without forced implication
emigration
vsrelocation
13 4.5

Leaving a country to live abroad permanently

is a general change of residence or business that may occur within a country
displacement
vsrelocation
9 6.1

Moving people out of their job or home

is the voluntary change of residence or business rather than forced removal
outmigration
vsrelocation
  • Specialized
1 7.2

A movement of people leaving a place to live somewhere else

is the neutral act of changing residence or business that does not stress direction
out-migration
vsrelocation
  • Specialized
1 7.1

People leaving an area to live in another place

is about changing residence or business without specifying the leaving direction
in-migration
vsrelocation
  • Specialized
1 6.3

Movement of people into a place to live there for a long time

is broader, covering both leaving and arriving for residence or work
expatriation
vsrelocation
1 8.2

Leaving your home country to live in another

is the broader process covering any residence or business change, not only international moves
change of location
vsrelocation
1 2.4

A move of something from one place to another

is specifically about changing where people live or work, not about objects
transplacement
vsrelocation
  • Formal
8.9

Moving an employee to a different job or location within a company

is used for any residence or business change rather than only internal staff moves
domiciliation
vsrelocation
  • Formal
9.9

Registering an official address in a place for legal or tax reasons

is the general act of changing residence or business without legal focus

Antonyms

to stay put
  • Informal
133 2.0

Remain in the same place without moving

How Permanent

resettlement
16 3.9
relocation
23 3.1

Surface Forms

relocation singular
relocations plural

Morphology

relocation = relocate (semi-transparent) = re + locate + ion

The noun is a regular action/process nominalization of the verb 'relocate'.

Etymology

Relocation is made of re- meaning 'again' and locate (seen in location and local) meaning 'place'. So, think of packing and moving to a new place — relocation is the act of moving to a new home or office.