relocate

«relocate» in Mova's school dictionary: to move to a new place to live or work — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (relocate, relocates, relocated, relocating)

meaning for a pupil

1) To relocate is to move to a new place to live or work. tree →

2) To relocate something or someone is to move them to a new place. tree →

sense in the lessons

A formal word for moving house or moving a business; in science, animals are relocated to safe places. In everyday life families relocate for a parent's job. Phrases: «relocate to», «be relocated».

examples

• Our family relocated to Canada when I was six. tree →
• The company is relocating to a bigger office. tree →
• The rangers relocated the koala to a safe forest. tree →
• The library has relocated to the town hall. tree →
• The class was relocated to the hall while the roof was fixed. tree →
• Many workers were asked to relocate. tree →

note

Formal word; in everyday talk «move». Noun: relocation. Drop the e before -ing: relocating.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «relocate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.