relocation

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/ˌɹiːləʊˈkeɪʃən/

noun

The act of moving from one place to another.

CommonScrabble 12

Meanings

nounrelocation (countable and uncountable, plural relocations)

plural relocations

  1. countableuncountableThe act of moving from one place to another.

    He was also entitled to a relocation payment but has chosen not to take it.

    2020 June 17, “Network News: Byford appointed to top London transport post”, in Rail, page 16
    3 more examples

    Another source of discontent with the Phase I stock has been obviated by relocation of the interior heating elements and the introduction of thermostatic control; this has eradicated the searing blasts of hot air passengers used to feel about their calves […].

    1961 February, “Talking of Trains: Phase II units in service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 69

    The work to deliver an 18tph service involves relocation of four signals and associated equipment to improve signal spacing.

    2019 October, “Funding for 20tph East London Line service”, in Modern Railways, page 28

    The relocation is part of Yum’s broader plans to have just two US headquarters for its restaurants, which also includes Irvine, California-based Taco Bell and Habit Burger.

    2025 February 19, Jordan Valinsky, “KFC is leaving Kentucky”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2025

    Synonyms: move, removal

  2. countableuncountableRenewal of a lease.
  3. countableuncountablecomputingThe assigning of addresses to variables either at linkage editing, or at runtime.

    A peculiarity of ECOFF relocation entries is that even on 32-bit machines, they're 10 bytes long, which means that on machines that require aligned data, the linker can't just load the entire relocation table into a memory array[…]

    2000, John R. Levine, Linkers and Loaders, Morgan Kaufmann, →ISBN, page 157

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe act of moving from one place to another.

More synonyms by meaning

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

nounthe act of changing your residence or place of business

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Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishlocation
  7. Englishrelocation

From re- + location.

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Translations

Bulgarian преме́стване
  • преме́стване (preméstvane)moving to another place
Chinese Mandarin 搬遷 /搬迁, 移動 /移动
  • 搬遷 /搬迁 (bānqiān)moving to another place
  • 移動 /移动 (yídòng)moving to another place
Czech přemístění, stěhování
  • přemístěnímoving to another place
  • stěhovánímoving to another place
Dutch verhuizing
  • verhuizingmoving to another place
Esperanto translokigo
  • translokigomoving to another place
Finnish muutto
  • muuttomoving to another place
French déménagement, délocalisation
  • déménagementmoving to another place
  • délocalisationmoving to another place
German Umzug, Übersiedlung
  • Umzugmoving to another place
  • Übersiedlungmoving to another place
  • Umsiedlungmoving to another place
Hungarian lakhelyváltoztatás
  • lakhelyváltoztatásmoving to another place
Indonesian relokasi
  • relokasimoving to another place
Italian tramutamento
  • tramutamentomoving to another place
Japanese 移転, 移動
  • 移転 (iten)moving to another place
  • 移動 (idō)moving to another place
  • 引っ越し (hikkoshi)moving to another place
Korean 이사, 이동
  • 이사 (isa)moving to another place
  • 이동 (idong)moving to another place
Malay penempatan semula
  • penempatan semulamoving to another place
Polish przemieszczenie, przeprowadzka
  • przemieszczeniemoving to another place
  • przeprowadzkamoving to another place
  • relokacjamoving to another place
Russian переселе́ние, перемеще́ние
  • переселе́ние (pereselénije)moving to another place
  • перемеще́ние (peremeščénije)moving to another place
  • релока́ция (relokácija)moving to another place
  • перее́зд (perejézd)moving to another place
Slovak premiestnenie, presťahovanie
  • premiestneniemoving to another place
  • presťahovaniemoving to another place
  • presídleniemoving to another place
Spanish mudanza, traslado
  • mudanzamoving to another place
  • trasladomoving to another place
  • reubicaciónmoving to another place
  • transladomoving to another place
  • mudamiento (disused)moving to another place
Ukrainian пересе́лення, пере́їзд
  • пересе́лення (peresélennja)moving to another place
  • пере́їзд (peréjizd)moving to another place

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Cite this entry
APA

relocation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relocation

MLA

“relocation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relocation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “relocation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relocation.

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