relocate

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˌɹiːləʊˈkeɪt/
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/ˌɹiːləʊˈkeɪt/ · /ˌɹiːləˈkeɪt/ · /ˌɹiˈloʊ̯keɪ̯t/ · /ˌɹiloʊ̯ˈkeɪ̯t/

Definition of relocate

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To move (something) from one place to another.
    “We had to relocate the magazine rack because we bruised our shins on it too frequently when it was near the door.”
    “In the three weeks since, the city has repeatedly relocated evacuees on short notice. To reopen schools, it bused many to armories, turning drill floors into open dormitories for the first time since a 1980s lawsuit halted the practice.”
    “HS2 will pass in a deep cutting, right through a busy road junction which has to be relocated.”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To move (something) from one place to another.
    “We had to relocate the magazine rack because we bruised our shins on it too frequently when it was near the door.”
    “In the three weeks since, the city has repeatedly relocated evacuees on short notice. To reopen schools, it bused many to armories, turning drill floors into open dormitories for the first time since a 1980s lawsuit halted the practice.”
    “HS2 will pass in a deep cutting, right through a busy road junction which has to be relocated.”
  2. (intransitive)To change one's domicile or place of business.
    “Alfred relocated to Colorado Springs to take advantage of the boom in the defense industry.”
    “On 'prosperity re-distribution', it ignores the prospect that businesses may relocate to be near HS2 stations. So never mind the observable phenomenon of major businesses relocating to Birmingham, with a veritable rash of private sector investment.”
    “Approximately 100 Louisville-based KFC corporate employees will relocate to Texas over the next six months. […] KFC joins a parade of companies relocating to the Republican-run state of Texas, with oil giant Chevron, Elon Musk’s Tesla, X and SpaceX, as well as Hewlett-Packard all making similar moves in recent years.”
  3. (intransitive)To lose something and find it again.
    “I relocated the bird I spotted last week.”

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Etymology

From re- + locate.

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