relocate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
verb
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to move or be moved to a new place, esp (of an employee, a business, etc) to a new area or place of employment
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(intr) (of an employee, a business, etc) to move for reasons of business to a new area or place of employment
Other Word Forms
- relocation noun
Etymology
Origin of relocate
Example Sentences
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Now that digital technology allows them to separate where they live and pay taxes from where their businesses operate, they aren’t relocating their companies.
This week, the FBI relocated their investigation command from Tucson to Phoenix.
From Los Angeles Times
Union representatives however slammed the plans to "relocate large parts" of the Berlin operation to India, and accused management of breaching existing agreements.
From Barron's
Around 2012, he and a wealthy friend relocated across the Atlantic to the burgeoning underground dance scene in Brooklyn.
A factory built in India’s state of Gujarat to serve European markets won’t relocate to Texas if the next administration softens on trade.
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