Learning / English Dictionary

RELOCATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of changing your residence or place of business

Example:

they say that three moves equal one fire

Synonyms:

move; relocation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("relocation" is a kind of...):

change (the action of changing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "relocation"):

flit (a secret move (to avoid paying debts))

overspill (the relocation of people from overcrowded cities; they are accommodated in new houses or apartments in smaller towns)

Derivation:

relocate (move or establish in a new location)

relocate (become established in a new location)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)

Synonyms:

relocation; resettlement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("relocation" is a kind of...):

conveyance; transfer; transferral; transport; transportation (the act of moving something from one location to another)

Derivation:

relocate (move or establish in a new location)

relocate (become established in a new location)

Credits