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re·lo·cate

 (rē-lō′kāt)
v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates
v.tr.
To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business.
v.intr.
To become established in a new residence or place of business: relocated in Ohio.

re′lo·ca′tion n.
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relocate

(ˌriːləʊˈkeɪt)
vb
1. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) to move or be moved to a new place, esp (of an employee, a business, etc) to a new area or place of employment
2. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) (intr) (of an employee, a business, etc) to move for reasons of business to a new area or place of employment
ˌreloˈcation n
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re•lo•cate

(riˈloʊ keɪt, ˌri loʊˈkeɪt)

v. -cat•ed, -cat•ing. v.t.
1. to move to a different location.
v.i.
2. to change one's residence or place of business; move.
[1825–35, Amer.]
re•lo′cat•a•ble, adj.
re`lo•cat`a•bil′i•ty, n.
re`lo•ca′tion, n.
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relocate


Past participle: relocated
Gerund: relocating

Imperative
relocate
relocate
Present
I relocate
you relocate
he/she/it relocates
we relocate
you relocate
they relocate
Preterite
I relocated
you relocated
he/she/it relocated
we relocated
you relocated
they relocated
Present Continuous
I am relocating
you are relocating
he/she/it is relocating
we are relocating
you are relocating
they are relocating
Present Perfect
I have relocated
you have relocated
he/she/it has relocated
we have relocated
you have relocated
they have relocated
Past Continuous
I was relocating
you were relocating
he/she/it was relocating
we were relocating
you were relocating
they were relocating
Past Perfect
I had relocated
you had relocated
he/she/it had relocated
we had relocated
you had relocated
they had relocated
Future
I will relocate
you will relocate
he/she/it will relocate
we will relocate
you will relocate
they will relocate
Future Perfect
I will have relocated
you will have relocated
he/she/it will have relocated
we will have relocated
you will have relocated
they will have relocated
Future Continuous
I will be relocating
you will be relocating
he/she/it will be relocating
we will be relocating
you will be relocating
they will be relocating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been relocating
you have been relocating
he/she/it has been relocating
we have been relocating
you have been relocating
they have been relocating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been relocating
you will have been relocating
he/she/it will have been relocating
we will have been relocating
you will have been relocating
they will have been relocating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been relocating
you had been relocating
he/she/it had been relocating
we had been relocating
you had been relocating
they had been relocating
Conditional
I would relocate
you would relocate
he/she/it would relocate
we would relocate
you would relocate
they would relocate
Past Conditional
I would have relocated
you would have relocated
he/she/it would have relocated
we would have relocated
you would have relocated
they would have relocated
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.relocate - become established in a new location; "Our company relocated to the Midwest"
relocate - move or establish in a new location; "We had to relocate the office because the rent was too high"
move - change residence, affiliation, or place of employment; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another"
2.relocate - move or establish in a new location; "We had to relocate the office because the rent was too high"
relocate - become established in a new location; "Our company relocated to the Midwest"
move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
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relocate

verb move house, move, change residence, leave, remove, quit, go away, migrate, flit (Scot. & Northern English dialect), pack your bags (informal) Should they be forced to relocate at the end of the contract?
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relocate

verb
To change one's residence or place of business, for example:
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Translations

relocate

[ˈriːləʊˈkeɪt]
A. VT [+ factory, employees] → trasladar, reubicar (LAm)
B. VItrasladarse
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relocate

[ˌriːləʊˈkeɪt]
vt [+ business] → délocaliser
vi [company] → délocaliser; [person] → déménager
to relocate in [person] → déménager à; [company] → délocaliser à
The company relocated in Manchester → La compagnie a délocalisé à Manchester.
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relocate

vi (individual)umziehen; (company)den Standort wechseln; many companies are relocating out of Londonviele Firmen verlegen ihren Standort nach außerhalb von London; we will help you relocatewir helfen Ihnen beim Umzug or (referring to company) → beim Standortwechsel
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relocate

[ˌriːləʊˈkeɪt]
1. vt (business) → trasferire
2. vi to relocate totrasferire la propria sede a
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The RNIB's education committee approved the proposal to relocate both the school and the residential care unit on June 22.
In Charles Baloian Co., 68 TC 620 (1977), the building in which the taxpayer's business was located was scheduled for demolition by the Redevelopment Agency, forcing the taxpayer to relocate. The accrualmethod taxpayer requested reimbursement for its moving expenses from the agency, which was subsequently granted.
In other office leases, Eisenman Levine Lehrhaupt & Kakoyiannis, P.C., a law firm represented by Norman Bobrow & Company, will relocate from 845 Third Avenue to 15,889 s/f on the 10th floor and T&D Asset Management USA, a Japanese insurance company, represented by Mark Fujita of CB Richard Ellis, is moving from 450 Lexington Avenue to 3,630 s/f on the 14th floor.
Consolidates text on reporting of improper business practices to the appropriate authorities; updates a contract clause addressing prohibitions on persons convicted of fraud or other defense contract-related felonies; and relocates to PGI, procedures for referring matters to the agency debarring and suspending official.
Deletes obsolete text pertaining to Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty inspections; deletes unnecessary first article testing and approval requirements; and relocates procedures for requesting pre-award surveys and obtaining approval for product qualification requirements to PGI.
"Its modern infrastructure and emergency power system were key factors in the decisions by KBC Bank and QVT Financial to relocate to the property.
The exceptional design and layout was a key component in Balyasny's decision to relocate to the building."
Spring Flowers will relocate in April 2006 from its current space located next door at 905 Madison Avenue.
It will relocate from its offices at 225 Fifth Ave.
The city government is set to relocate some 100 families displaced during the 2013 siege to a housing project in the east coast of this city.
The Mayor of Islamabad who was also the acting chief of Capital Development Authority at that time had announced to relocate the Chaghi Model at F-9 Park.