relocate
gb/ɹˌilˈoʊkeɪt/ us/ɹˌilˈoʊkeɪt/
B2
English
~ 7100
átköltözik, átköltöztet, áttelepül, áthelyez, áttesz, átvisz
VERB
B2
1
Usage pattern:
to relocate [someone/something] to [a place]
After ten years in London, they decided to relocate to Manchester for a quieter life.
Tíz londoni év után úgy döntöttek, hogy egy nyugodtabb élet reményében Manchesterbe költöznek.
The company is relocating its head office to Berlin next spring.
A cég jövő tavasszal Berlinbe költözteti a központját.
Many staff members are unwilling to relocate with the firm to the new site.
The family was forced to relocate after the flood destroyed their home.
She took a new job and relocated from Chicago to a small town in Oregon.
Learner examples
My parents want to relocate to the countryside.
A szüleim vidékre szeretnének költözni.
The factory will relocate to another town next year.
A gyár jövőre egy másik városba települ át.
He does not want to relocate because his children like their school.
Many workers must relocate if they want to keep their jobs.
She relocated from Spain to Canada for a new job.
Common mistake:
Learners sometimes use the wrong preposition, saying *relocate in a city* instead of *relocate to a city*. The usual pattern is *relocate to [a place]*. Another mistake is using *relocate* for short or temporary moves (like a weekend trip); *relocate* is normally used for long-term or permanent moves for living or working.
Meaning
move home or work to new place
Collocations
relocate to another city
|relocate overseas
|relocate employees
|relocate a company
|forced to relocate
|plan to relocate
Synonyms
move (More common and general; does not carry the same formal or long-term feeling that relocate often has.)
|
resettle (Often used for people who are moving permanently, especially refugees or groups moving for political or social reasons.)
Antonyms
stay (Means not changing where you live or work, the opposite of relocating.)
Themes
work
|daily life
|business
|travel
Definition
To move to a new place to live or to work.
To move yourself, other people, or an organization to a different place to live or to be based for work, usually for a long time or permanently.
VERB
B2
2
Usage pattern:
to relocate [something] to [a place]
The museum plans to relocate the statue to the main entrance hall.
A múzeum azt tervezi, hogy áthelyezi a szobrot a főbejárati csarnokba.
We relocated the router to the living room to improve the Wi‑Fi signal.
Áttettük a routert a nappaliba, hogy jobb legyen a Wi‑Fi-jel.
Engineers recommended relocating the control panel to a safer area of the plant.
The city is relocating the bus stop to reduce traffic on this corner.
Conservationists are relocating the animals to a larger, protected reserve.
Learner examples
They will relocate the printer to another room.
Át fogják helyezni a nyomtatót egy másik szobába.
Please relocate the chairs to the back of the hall.
Kérlek, vigyétek át a székeket a terem végébe.
The company wants to relocate the meeting to a bigger office.
Workers relocated the boxes to the second floor.
The zoo staff will relocate the birds to a new cage.
Common mistake:
Learners sometimes confuse *relocate* with *replace*. *Relocate* means to move something to a new place, while *replace* means to take something away and put a different thing there. Another confusion is to think *relocate* means *find again*; in modern English it almost always means to move the position, not to search for something.
Meaning
move an object to another place
Collocations
relocate the printer
|relocate the statue
|relocate the switch
|relocate wildlife
|relocate the files
|relocate the meeting room
Synonyms
move (Most common everyday word; less formal and more general than relocate.)
|
shift (Often suggests a smaller or shorter movement than relocate and is more informal.)
Antonyms
leave (Means to keep something where it is and not move it, the opposite of relocating it.)
Themes
work
|technology
|environment
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Definition
To move something from one place to another place.
To move something or someone from its current place to a different place or position.
Grammar
Dictionary form
relocate
IPA
GB/ɹˌilˈoʊkeɪt/
US/ɹˌilˈoʊkeɪt/
Syllables & stress
re - lo - cate (3 syllables)
Stress on 2nd syllable (lo)
Word forms
Verb
- Base: relocate
- 3rd Person Singular: relocates
- Present Participle: relocating
- Past: relocated
Word family
Forms
relocates
verb
relocating
verb
relocated
verb
Core family
relocation
noun B2
Advanced or less common
relocatable
adjective
dislocate
verb
dislocation
noun
Expressions
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