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# relocate

verb (relocate, relocates, relocated, relocating)

«relocate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To relocate is to move to a new place to live or work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relocate/#m1)
2. To relocate something or someone is to move them to a new place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relocate/#m2)

### In the lessons

A formal word for moving house or moving a business; in science, animals are relocated to safe places. In everyday life families relocate for a parent's job. Phrases: «relocate to», «be relocated».

### Examples

- Our family relocated to Canada when I was six. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relocate/#x1)
- The company is relocating to a bigger office. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relocate/#x2)
- The rangers relocated the koala to a safe forest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relocate/#x3)
- The library has relocated to the town hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relocate/#x4)
- The class was relocated to the hall while the roof was fixed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relocate/#x5)
- Many workers were asked to relocate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relocate/#x6)

### Note

Formal word; in everyday talk «move». Noun: relocation. Drop the e before -ing: relocating.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «relocate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relocate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«relocate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/relocate.html) on Mova free.