relocate

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ locate.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːləʊˈkeɪt/, /ˌɹiːləˈkeɪt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɹiˈloʊ̯keɪ̯t/, /ˌɹiloʊ̯ˈkeɪ̯t/

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Verb

relocate (third-person singular simple present relocates, present participle relocating, simple past and past participle relocated)

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.

   • 2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 45:

     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.

   • 2020 May 6, Jim Steer, “Full Business Case offers fresh insight into HS2's prospects”, in RAIL, page 50:

     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.

   • 2025 February 19, Jordan Valinsky, “KFC is leaving Kentucky”, in CNN Business‎:

     Approximately 100 Louisville-based KFC corporate employees will relocate to Texas over the next six months.

3. (intransitive) to lose something and find it again.

   I relocated the bird I spotted last week.

Translations

to move (something) from one place to another

Bulgarian: ме́стя (bg) (méstja), преме́ствам (bg) (preméstvam), Esperanto: translokigi Finnish: siirtää (fi) French: déplacer (fr) German: umziehen (de), verlagern (de), verlegen (de) Hungarian: átrak (hu), áthelyez (hu) Italian: tramutare (it) Maori: whakaneke Northern Sami: sirdit Portuguese: reposicionar Russian: перемеща́ть (ru) (peremeščátʹ) Spanish: trasladar (es)

to change one's domicile or place of business

Bulgarian: преме́ствам се (preméstvam se) Esperanto: translokiĝi Finnish: muuttaa (fi) French: déménager (fr) Hungarian: költözik (hu), elköltözik (hu), átköltözik (hu) Northern Sami: fárret Portuguese: relocalizar Spanish: trasladar (es), reubicar, recolocar (industry)

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