resettle
pronunciation
How to pronounce resettle in British English:
UK [ˌriːˈsetl]
How to pronounce resettle in American English:
US [ ˌriːˈsetl]
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- Verb:
- settle in a new place
Word Origin
- resettle (v.)
- 1540s (transitive), of places, from re- + settle (v.). Intransitive sense from 1821. Meaning "Bring into order again" is from 1610s. Related: Resettled; resettling.
Example
- 1. They 're going to resettle us in the east .
- 2. These people began to resettle in london .
- 3. The government is taking measures to resettle those laid-off workers .
- 4. If we would resettle you ?
- 5. The western province of ningxia aims to resettle more than 350000 of its poor by 2015 .