verb

relocate

to relocate, to move

The company will relocate to a new city.

The company will relocate to a new city.

We had to relocate the office furniture.

We had to relocate the office furniture.

((to a place)) to move to a new place They decided to relocate to the countryside.

((sth.)) to move (sth.) to a new place The company relocated its headquarters.

Synonyms: move, transfer, resettle

From the prefix 're-' (again) and 'locate' (to place). Literally, 'to place again'.

'Re-' means 'again' and 'locate' is about a location. So, 'relocate' means to find a location again, i.e., to move.

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