Meaning

(transitive) To move (something) from one place to another..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To move (something) from one place to another.
2. (intransitive) To change one's domicile or place of business.
3. (intransitive) To lose something and find it again.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

I relocated the bird I spotted last week.

Word Forms

• relocates
• relocating
• relocated

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Use relocate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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