relocate

verb

re·​lo·​cate (ˌ)rē-ˈlō-ˌkāt 

ˌrē-lō-ˈkāt

relocated; relocating; relocates

transitive verb

: to locate again : establish or lay out in a new place

intransitive verb

: to move to a new location

relocatable

(ˌ)rē-ˈlō-ˌkā-tə-bəl, 

ˌrē-ˌlō-ˈkā- 

adjective

relocation

ˌrē-lō-ˈkā-shən 

noun

Synonyms of relocate

• move
• remove
• transfer
• shift

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

Larysa, who is fifty-three, had moved with her husband to Belarus, in 1991; Oleh, who is four years younger, had relocated his family to Germany after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. —Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026

The State Department has reportedly also discussed relocating more than 1,100 Afghans — currently in temporary housing in Qatar — to the Central African nation. —Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 24 Apr. 2026

The city also isn’t focusing on the incubator space for start-ups that could too easily relocate. —Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026

The 1944 Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program illegally condemned Native American land in North and South Dakota and forced one-third of the area’s Sioux population to relocate. —Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Kids Definition

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

relocation

ˌrē-lō-ˈkā-shən 

noun