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to relocate

to relocate

147 3.7
Move to a new place and start living or working there
  • verb
  • /ˌriːloʊˈkeɪt/
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  • My company is going to relocate its headquarters to a larger building next month.
  • relocate residents
  • relocate families
  • forced to relocate

Most of these people are not relocating as refugees.

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Examples

  • Everyone's being relocated to another hotel.

  • And so we will hire internationally, but tend to ask them to relocate to one of our global offices.

  • And that way if someone wants to relocate the table to sit with their friends, it's totally not a big deal.

  • The fall will be a perfect time for me to relocate and find a job.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • And I'm trying to decide if it makes more sense to sell my home and relocate to a less expensive area for a fresh store.

  • More and more jobs are at risk as more and more businesses openly consider the options of relocating their jobs elsewhere.

  • The authorities should relocate and resettle residents living in flood prone areas to higher ground.

  • My dad's company is relocating him.

  • Mr. Grace, his wife, and seven children had recently relocated to one of these, Evanston.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Most Yamasees, for instance, chose to relocate southward in order to trade with the Spanish.

    Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

to move
vsto relocate
1.0

Change the place where you live

adds the idea of settling and establishing in the new place
to transfer
vsto relocate
528 2.7

To move a person or thing to another place

is more about settling into a new place rather than only changing position
to settle
vsto relocate
463 2.5

To live in a place, often for a long time

adds the active moving to the place not only the act of establishing
to migrate
vsto relocate
76 3.1

To move from one place to another to live, often for work or because seasons change

implies settling and becoming established rather than temporary movement
to reassign
vsto relocate
74 4.1

Move a person to a different job or place of work within a company

covers moving people or things broadly not limited to internal job changes
to resettle
vsto relocate
15 4.3

Move to a new place to live when something forces you to leave your home

is used generally for any change of place and settling without forced implication
to put down roots
vsto relocate
  • Informal
8 4.2

To start living in one place for a long time and make it your home

can mean establishing in a place without stressing long term permanence
to pull up stakes
vsto relocate
  • Informal
5 7.2

Leave home and move to a new place

includes settling and becoming established in the new place not just leaving
to move house
vsto relocate
  • UK
3 2.1

To change where you live to a different home

covers moving people, objects, or jobs as well as changing residence
to hang up one's hat
vsto relocate
  • Informal
1 7.7

To live in a place and make it your home

is broader allowing moving others or objects and official moves
to betake oneself
vsto relocate
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To go to a place

is the neutral everyday term for moving and settling in a new place
to transmigrate
vsto relocate
  • Literature
9.1

To move to another country or region to live there

covers moving and settling anywhere not only between countries or regions

Antonyms

1.0

To remain in one place and not leave

How Far

to emigrate
34 3.7
to resettle
15 4.3
to relocate
147 3.7
to transfer
528 2.7
to move
1.0
to shift
683 2.0

Surface Forms

relocate infinitive
relocated past
relocated past participle
relocating present participle
relocates third person singular

Morphology

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

The link to 'locate' is real, but many learners know 'locate' mainly as 'find', so 'move to a new place' is not fully predictable from standard prefix logic alone.

Etymology

Relocate is made of re- 'again' and loc 'place', the same root you see in location and locate. So to relocate is to move to a different 'place' and start again in a new home or workplace.