relocation C2+ Topic:Places & Geography US /ˌriloʊˈkeɪʃən/ UK /ˌriːləʊˈkeɪʃən/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the act of moving to a new location The relocation of the factory created new jobs. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the act of moving to a new... movetransferresettlementrepositioningdisplacementremoval Word family Related forms relocatelocatelocation Etymology AI details From relocate + -ion, ultimately from Latin locare ('to place'), from locus ('place'). locare Latin locus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Places & Geography Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # relocation **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˌriloʊˈkeɪʃən/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌriːləʊˈkeɪʃən/ ## Meanings 1. the act of moving to a new location ## Examples - The relocation of the factory created new jobs. ## Synonyms - move - transfer - resettlement - repositioning - displacement - removal ## Related Forms - relocate - locate - location ## Roots and Affixes - Root: locare - Root: locus ## Etymology From relocate + -ion, ultimately from Latin locare ('to place'), from locus ('place'). ## AI Etymology Relocation comes from relocate + -ion, ultimately from Latin locare ('to place'), from locus ('place'). The historical chain includes Latin locare and Latin locus. The quoted older senses, "to place" and "place", supply the semantic anchors for relocation. The formation is best read as suffixal and borrowed: the word relocation carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "the act of moving to a new location". Related English forms include relocate, locate, and location. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - Places & Geography - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown