relocate
verb/ˌɹiːləʊˈkeɪt/UK/ˌɹiˈloʊ̯keɪ̯t/US
Etymology
Definitions
To move (something) from one place to another.
- We had to relocate the magazine rack because we bruised our shins on it too frequently when it was near the door.
- In the three weeks since, the city has repeatedly relocated evacuees on short notice. To reopen schools, it bused many to armories, turning drill floors into open dormitories for the first time since a 1980s lawsuit halted the practice.
- HS2 will pass in a deep cutting, right through a busy road junction which has to be relocated.
To change one's domicile or place of business.
- Alfred relocated to Colorado Springs to take advantage of the boom in the defense industry.
To lose something and find it again.
- I relocated the bird I spotted last week.
The neighborhood
Derived
nonrelocated, nonrelocating, relocatable, relocatee, relocator
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at relocate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at relocate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at relocate
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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