resettle

«resettle» in Mova's school dictionary: To move people to a new place to live, often after war… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (resettle, resettles, resettled, resettling)

meaning for a pupil

1) To move people to a new place to live, often after war, disaster or danger. tree →

2) To settle down or get comfortable again. tree →

3) To make a place lived in again. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography, history and news it is about refugees and families moved to new homes, for example after floods or war. In everyday life a baby or a pet resettles after waking up. Phrases: «resettle refugees», «resettled in», «resettle into».

examples

• The families were resettled in a safe town after the flood. tree →
• Many refugees from Ukraine were resettled in other countries. tree →
• The baby woke, then resettled and fell asleep. tree →
• After the move, it took our cat weeks to resettle. tree →
• The island was resettled a hundred years later. tree →
• The village was resettled away from the river. tree →

note

Regular verb: resettled. Noun: «resettlement». Usually about groups of people moving because they must, not by choice.

Trees and pragmatics

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