"relocate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˌɹiːləʊˈkeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɹiːləˈkeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɹiˈloʊ̯keɪ̯t/ [General-American], /ˌɹiloʊ̯ˈkeɪ̯t/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-relocate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: relocates [present, singular, third-person], relocating [participle, present], relocated [participle, past], relocated [past]
Etymology: re- + locate Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|locate}} re- + locate Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Translations (to move (something) from one place to another): ме́стя (méstja) (Bulgarian), преме́ствам (preméstvam) (Bulgarian), translokigi (Esperanto), siirtää (Finnish), déplacer (French), umziehen (German), verlagern (German), verlegen (German), átrak (Hungarian), áthelyez (Hungarian), tramutare (Italian), whakaneke (Maori), sirdit (Northern Sami), reposicionar (Portuguese), перемеща́ть (peremeščátʹ) (Russian), trasladar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-relocate-en-verb-cyRJTpOW Disambiguation of 'to move (something) from one place to another': 97 3 0
  2. (intransitive) to change one's domicile or place of business. Tags: intransitive Translations (to change one's domicile or place of business): преме́ствам се (preméstvam se) (Bulgarian), translokiĝi (Esperanto), muuttaa (Finnish), déménager (French), költözik (Hungarian), elköltözik (Hungarian), átköltözik (Hungarian), fárret (Northern Sami), relocalizar (Portuguese), trasladar (Spanish), reubicar (Spanish), recolocar (english: industry) (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-relocate-en-verb-xgAFNmuj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 89 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 83 8 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 28 47 25 Disambiguation of "to change one's domicile or place of business": 2 97 1
  3. (intransitive) to lose something and find it again. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-relocate-en-verb-sVAHRBN4

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to change one's domicile or place of business",
      "word": "trasladar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to change one's domicile or place of business",
      "word": "reubicar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "industry",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to change one's domicile or place of business",
      "word": "recolocar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "relocate"
}

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