relocate
verb
re·lo·cate
(ˌ)rē-ˈlō-ˌkāt 
ˌrē-lō-ˈkāt
relocated; relocating; relocates
: to locate again : establish or lay out in a new place
: to move to a new location
Synonyms
Examples of relocate in a Sentence
He relocated to Los Angeles for his new job.
How can we convince more businesses to relocate to this city?
The company decided to relocate its headquarters.
Recent Examples on the Web
The three-day market (Oct. 25-27) will relocate from Ikkebukuro to the Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center (aka Hamamatsucho-Kan) in Hamamatsucho district.
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Patrick Frater, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023
When a Metro station arrived and real estate prices went up, the hub relocated to Falls Church, which is now home to Eden Center, the largest Vietnamese American strip mall on the East Coast.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
The Florida Court has already entered an order that restricts both parents from relocating the children.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
Originally located in the Bronx, the gym relocated to Brooklyn in 1987 and claims to have welcomed more than 130 champions during its illustrious history, including Jake LaMotta, Roberto Duran, Muhammad Ali, Julio Cesar Chavez, and Mike Tyson.
—Ben Wyatt, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2023
Even San Diego State, which was once San Diego Normal School [a training facility for school teachers], those buildings are no longer there and they got relocated.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2023
The lawsuit claims the couple entered a contract to sell their Miami home on April 16 after relocating to England a week earlier, around the time when Turner began filming the mini-series Joan and Jonas launched the Five Albums.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2023
Sony’s Kraven the Hunter, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the Marvel antihero, relocated from Oct. 6 to next August, while Warner Bros. and Legendary’s Dune: Part Two moved from Nov. 3 to March 2024.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2023
Shakira had just relocated to Florida in the wake of her breakup, and Butler plays for the Miami Heat.
—Glamour, 21 Sep. 2023
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Patrick Frater, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023
When a Metro station arrived and real estate prices went up, the hub relocated to Falls Church, which is now home to Eden Center, the largest Vietnamese American strip mall on the East Coast.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
The Florida Court has already entered an order that restricts both parents from relocating the children.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
Originally located in the Bronx, the gym relocated to Brooklyn in 1987 and claims to have welcomed more than 130 champions during its illustrious history, including Jake LaMotta, Roberto Duran, Muhammad Ali, Julio Cesar Chavez, and Mike Tyson.
—Ben Wyatt, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2023
Even San Diego State, which was once San Diego Normal School [a training facility for school teachers], those buildings are no longer there and they got relocated.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2023
The lawsuit claims the couple entered a contract to sell their Miami home on April 16 after relocating to England a week earlier, around the time when Turner began filming the mini-series Joan and Jonas launched the Five Albums.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2023
Sony’s Kraven the Hunter, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the Marvel antihero, relocated from Oct. 6 to next August, while Warner Bros. and Legendary’s Dune: Part Two moved from Nov. 3 to March 2024.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2023
Shakira had just relocated to Florida in the wake of her breakup, and Butler plays for the Miami Heat.
—Glamour, 21 Sep. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1834, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
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“Relocate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relocate. Accessed 2 Oct. 2023.
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relocate
verb
re·lo·cate
(ˈ)rē-ˈlō-ˌkāt
ˌrē-lō-ˈkāt
1
: to locate again
2
: to move to a new location
relocate a factory
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