relocate

English

Etymology

from re- + locate

Verb

relocate (third-person singular simple present relocates, present participle relocating, simple past and past participle relocated)

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

   We had to relocate the magazine rack because we bruised our shins on it too frequently when it was near the door.

2. (intransitive) to change one's domicile or place of business.

   Alfred relocated to Colorado Springs to take advantage of the boom in the defense industry.

Translations

to move (something) from one place to another

• Esperanto: translokigi (eo)
• Finnish: siirtää (fi)
• German: umziehen (de), verlagern (de), verlegen (de)

• Russian: перемещать (ru) (peremeščatʹ)
• Spanish: trasladar (es)

to change one's domicile or place of business

• Esperanto: translokiĝi (eo)
• Finnish: muuttaa (fi)

• Spanish: deslocalizar (es) (industry)