relocation
pronunciation
How to pronounce relocation in British English:
UK [ˌriːləʊ'keɪʃ(ə)n]
How to pronounce relocation in American English:
US [riˈloʊˈkeɪʃən]
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- Noun:
- the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)
- the act of changing your residence or place of business
Word Origin
- relocation (n.)
- 1746, in Scottish law, "renewal of a lease," noun of action from relocate. Meaning "act of relocating" is from 1837.
Example
- 1. The roots of forced relocation lay in greed .
- 2. Anyway , mr santiago argues , the cost of relocation is greater than the benefits to be gained .
- 3. He and his japanese-american family were forced to live in the manzanar war relocation center in california .
- 4. And under the more severe projections , many areas that are now densely populated may become uninhabitable , imposing severe relocation and reconstruction costs on our descendants .
- 5. The case highlights the delicate politics that surround the forced relocation of hundreds of thousands of beijing residents to make way for new development projects .