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relocating

relocating is the present participle and gerund of relocate.

Meaning of relocate

Verb

relocate (third-person singular simple present relocates, present participle relocating, simple past and past participle relocated)

  1. (transitive) To move (something) from one place to another.
    • We had to relocate the magazine rack because we bruised our shins on it too frequently when it was near the door.
    Synonyms:
    remove
  2. (intransitive) To change one's domicile or place of business.
    • Alfred relocated to Colorado Springs to take advantage of the boom in the defense industry.
  3. (intransitive) To lose something and find it again.
    • I relocated the bird I spotted last week.

Questions about relocating

What is relocating the present participle and gerund of?
Relocating is the present participle and gerund of relocate.

Words near relocating in the dictionary

  1. relocateable
  2. relocated
  3. relocatee
  4. relocatees
  5. relocates
  6. relocating
  7. relocation
  8. relocational
  9. relocations
  10. relocator
  11. relocators

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Adapted from Wiktionary: relocating (page history and authors); relocate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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