Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to relocate
Participle: relocated
Gerund: relocating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | relocate |
| you | relocate |
| he;she;it | relocates |
| we | relocate |
| you | relocate |
| they | relocate |
Perfect
| I | have relocated |
| you | have relocated |
| he;she;it | has relocated |
| we | have relocated |
| you | have relocated |
| they | have relocated |
Past
| I | relocated |
| you | relocated |
| he;she;it | relocated |
| we | relocated |
| you | relocated |
| they | relocated |
Pluperfect
| I | had relocated |
| you | had relocated |
| he;she;it | had relocated |
| we | had relocated |
| you | had relocated |
| they | had relocated |
Future
| I | will relocate |
| you | will relocate |
| he;she;it | will relocate |
| we | will relocate |
| you | will relocate |
| they | will relocate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have relocated |
| you | will have relocated |
| he;she;it | will have relocated |
| we | will have relocated |
| you | will have relocated |
| they | will have relocated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | relocate |
| you | relocate |
| he;she;it | relocate |
| we | relocate |
| you | relocate |
| they | relocate |
Perfect
| I | have relocated |
| you | have relocated |
| he;she;it | have relocated |
| we | have relocated |
| you | have relocated |
| they | have relocated |
Imperfect
| I | relocated |
| you | relocated |
| he;she;it | relocated |
| we | relocated |
| you | relocated |
| they | relocated |
Pluperfect
| I | had relocated |
| you | had relocated |
| he;she;it | had relocated |
| we | had relocated |
| you | had relocated |
| they | had relocated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would relocate |
| you | would relocate |
| he;she;it | would relocate |
| we | would relocate |
| you | would relocate |
| they | would relocate |
Perfect
| I | would have relocated |
| you | would have relocated |
| he;she;it | would have relocated |
| we | would have relocated |
| you | would have relocated |
| they | would have relocated |
Imperative
| you | relocate |
| we | Let's relocate |
| you | relocate |
Verbs conjugated like 'relocate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'relocate'
delocate,
prelocate,
revocate,
allocate,
bilocate,
colocate,
elocute,
evocate,
geolocate,
locate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "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."
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Italic *wre-
4. Latin re-der.
5. Old French re-bor.
6. Middle English re-
7. English re-
8. English locate
9. English relocate
10. From re- + locate.
Sample Sentences
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We had to relocate the magazine rack because we bruised our shins on it too frequently when it was near the door.
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In the three weeks since, the city has repeatedly relocated evacuees on short notice. To reopen schools, it bused many to armories, turning drill floors into open dormitories for the first time since a 1980s lawsuit halted the practice. [2012 November 20, Nina Bernstein, “Storm Bared a Lack of Options for the Homeless in New York”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2023:]
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HS2 will pass in a deep cutting, right through a busy road junction which has to be relocated. [2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 45:]
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Alfred relocated to Colorado Springs to take advantage of the boom in the defense industry.
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On 'prosperity re-distribution', it ignores the prospect that businesses may relocate to be near HS2 stations. So never mind the observable phenomenon of major businesses relocating to Birmingham, with a veritable rash of private sector investment. [2020 May 6, Jim Steer, “Full Business Case offers fresh insight into HS2's prospects”, in RAIL, page 50:]
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Approximately 100 Louisville-based KFC corporate employees will relocate to Texas over the next six months. […] KFC joins a parade of companies relocating to the Republican-run state of Texas, with oil giant Chevron, Elon Musk’s Tesla, X and SpaceX, as well as Hewlett-Packard all making similar moves in recent years. [2025 February 19, Jordan Valinsky, “KFC is leaving Kentucky”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2025:]
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I relocated the bird I spotted last week.