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relocate - 4 dictionary results

re⋅lo⋅cate

[ree-loh-keyt, ree-loh-keyt] verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location: plans to relocate the firm to Houston.
–verb (used without object)
2. to change one's residence or place of business; move: Next year we may relocate to Denver.

Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; re- + locate


re⋅lo⋅ca⋅tion, noun
re·lo·cate   (rē-lō'kāt)   
v.   re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates

v.   tr.
To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business.
v.   intr.
To become established in a new residence of place of business: relocated in Ohio.
re'lo·ca'tion n.

Relocate

Re*lo"cate\ (r?-l?"k?t), v. t. To locate again.

relocate 
"to move to another place," 1834, from re- "back, again" + locate (v.). The noun relocation is attested from 1746, in Scottish law, with a sense of "renewal of a lease."
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