Word family noun local location relocation locale locality localization dislocation relocation adjective local localized dislocated verb locate dislocate relocate localize adverb locally
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrelocatere‧lo‧cate /ˌriːləʊˈkeɪt $ riːˈloʊkeɪt/ ●○○ AWL verb [intransitive, transitive] MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONif a person or business relocates, or if they are relocated, they move to a different placerelocate to A lot of firms are relocating to the North of England.relocate in businesses that relocate in depressed areasrelocate somebody/something to something The residents were relocated to temporary accommodation while the work was being done. —relocation /ˌriːləʊˈkeɪʃən $ -loʊ-/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
relocate• If rents continue to rise, many local businesses may decide to relocate.• At her right, in one of the dining-room chairs relocated for the occasion, sat our host, Harlan Nugent.• The federal government is offering attractive tax breaks to corporations that relocate in areas of high unemployment.• We're relocating our educational software division to North Carolina.• Most disaster aid will continue to go to road building, housing and relocating people out of harm's predictable way.• Los Angeles County, which has more than 100 separate contracts with private firms, has successfully relocated people within county government.• Organisations may choose to relocate to a new area for a variety of reasons.• The Chrysler Center will relocate to Hansen Ford's current site.• Forty staff chose to relocate to the Bristol area and continued their employment with Sun Life in the head office.• Even so, it is not at all obvious how he relocates writing in relation to the history to which it had until then been opposed.relocate to• I really don't see myself relocating to England.From Longman Business Dictionaryrelocatere‧lo‧cate /ˌriːləʊˈkeɪtriːˈloʊkeɪt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] if a company or worker relocates or is relocated, they move to a different placeMany workers are unwilling to relocate.relocate (something/somebody) to somethingThe company plans to relocate its corporate headquarters to Iowa. —relocation noun [countable, uncountable]Half the workers will be offered relocation, and the remaining jobs will be eliminated.Profits fell 18% following the company’s restructuring and office relocations.→ See Verb table 