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# relocation

«relocation» in Mova's school dictionary: **moving to a new place to live or work** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (relocation, relocations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Relocation is moving to a new place to live or work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relocation/#m1)

2) Relocation is moving animals, things or buildings to a new place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relocation/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Formal word heard in news, at work and in nature reports (wildlife relocation). Phrases: «relocation costs», «a relocation package».

### examples

- The relocation of the school took all summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relocation/#x1)
- The firm paid for his relocation to Sydney. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relocation/#x2)
- The relocation of the turtles saved their eggs from the flood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relocation/#x3)
- Relocation can be hard for children who leave their friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relocation/#x4)
- The relocation cost $2,000. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relocation/#x5)

### note

Noun of «relocate». Formal; in everyday talk «the move». Countable and uncountable.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «relocation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relocation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.