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RELOCATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of changing your residence or place of business
Example:
they say that three moves equal one fire
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("relocation" is a kind of...):
change (the action of changing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "relocation"):
flit (a secret move (to avoid paying debts))
overspill (the relocation of people from overcrowded cities; they are accommodated in new houses or apartments in smaller towns)
Derivation:
relocate (move or establish in a new location)
relocate (become established in a new location)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)
Synonyms:
relocation; resettlement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("relocation" is a kind of...):
conveyance; transfer; transferral; transport; transportation (the act of moving something from one location to another)
Derivation:
relocate (move or establish in a new location)
relocate (become established in a new location)
