verb · neutral
relocate
UK/ˌriːləʊˈkeɪt/US/ˌriːloʊˈkeɪt/re·LO·cate
Band 4-5speakingtask2
to move to a different place to live or work, often because of a job
Examples
“After the promotion, he had to relocate to the company's head office.”
“Many families relocate for better schools.”
“The company relocated several employees last year.”
Band 8 sentence
“After being offered a promotion, she had to relocate to the company’s regional office.”
Collocations
- relocate to
- relocate for work
Word family
relocate verbrelocation nounrelocated adjective
Common mistakes
My company relocated me at London.→My company relocated me to London.
I relocated in 2015.→I relocated in 2015 / I relocated to Hanoi in 2015.
Say it for a higher band
5move→6transfer→7+relocate
Synonyms
move
Easily confused
move
“They decided to move to the coast last summer.”
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