RELOCATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does relocation mean? 

• RELOCATION (noun)
  The noun RELOCATION has 2 senses:

1. the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)

2. the act of changing your residence or place of business

  Familiarity information: RELOCATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RELOCATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

relocation; resettlement

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of changing your residence or place of business

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

move; relocation

Context example:

they say that three moves equal one fire

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)

 Context examples 

You might be discussing a possible relocation, and if so, you may get a surprise call to look at a certain space over the weekend of March 7-8.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Binding to phosphoinositides may allow PH proteins to respond to lipid messengers for example by relocation to membranes.

(PH Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

Includes nomadism; labor or seasonal migration; patterns of rural, urban, or suburban migration; or voluntary or forced relocation.

(Human Migration, NCI Thesaurus)

An intended medical or surgical procedure necessitates the relocation of a cardiac lead.

(Medical or Surgical Procedure Requiring Relocation of Lead, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

Relocation of malignant cells during metastasis can be restricted to movement within a specific tissue/organ or may entail migration to a distal locus within the body.

(Distant metastasis, NCI Thesaurus)

If relocation is required, it will happen suddenly, almost without warning, and it would most likely happen at the new moon in Taurus just after April 22.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you were looking for a new position, you may have had to consider a relocation, and at the same time factor in family members who depend on you when deciding where to work—in what region—and how much responsibility you can handle.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)