Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
re·lo·cate
\\(ˌ)rē-ˈlō-ˌkāt, ˌrē-lō-ˈ\\ DATE 1834
transitive verb: to locate again
: establish or lay out in a new place
intransitive verb: to move to a new location
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re·lo·cat·able \\-ˈlō-ˌkā-tə-bəl, -ˌlō-ˈkā-\\
adjective
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re·lo·ca·tion \\ˌrē-lō-ˈkā-shən\\
noun relocate
"to move to another place," 1834, from re- "back, again" + locate (v.). The noun relocation is attested from 1746, in Scottish law, with a sense of "renewal of a lease."
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
relocate
re·locate / 7ri:lEu5keit; NAmE 7ri:5loukeit / verb (especially of a company or workers 尤指公司或工人) to move or to move sb / sth to a new place to work or operate
(使)搬迁,迁移:
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The firm may be forced to relocate from New York to Stanford.
公司也许会被迫从纽约迁移到斯坦福。
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The company relocated its head office to Stanford.
公司将总部迁到了斯坦福。
• re·loca·tion / 7ri:lEu5keiFn; NAmE 7ri:lou- / noun [U] :
relocation costs
搬迁费用
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
re·lo·cate
I. \(ˈ)rē|lōˌkāt, |rēlō|kāt, usu -ād.+V\ transitive verb
Etymology: re- + locate
: to locate or allocate again : establish or lay out in a new place
< relocate families forced out by floods >
< relocate the roadbed of a washed-out railroad line >
II. intransitive verb
: to move to a new location