relocation

CEFRB2

/ˌɹiːləʊˈkeɪʃən/

noun

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Examples

The couple's relationship slowly began to drift apart after the relocation.
The relocation of the business overseas set off a wave of protest throughout the region.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

The assigning of addresses to variables either at linkage editing, or at runtime.
The act of moving from one place to another.

In context

The work to deliver an 18tph service involves relocation of four signals and associated equipment to improve signal spacing.
He was also entitled to a relocation payment but has chosen not to take it.
The relocation is part of Yum’s broader plans to have just two US headquarters for its restaurants, which also includes Irvine, California-based Taco Bell and Habit Burger.

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The work to deliver an 18tph service involves relocation of four signals and associated equipment to improve signal spacing.
2019 October, “Funding for 20tph East London Line service”, in Modern Railways, page 28
Another source of discontent with the Phase I stock has been obviated by relocation of the interior heating elements and the introduction of thermostatic control; this has eradicated the searing blasts of hot air passengers used to feel about their calves […].
1961 February, “Talking of Trains: Phase II units in service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 69
He was also entitled to a relocation payment but has chosen not to take it.
2020 June 17, “Network News: Byford appointed to top London transport post”, in Rail, page 16
The relocation is part of Yum’s broader plans to have just two US headquarters for its restaurants, which also includes Irvine, California-based Taco Bell and Habit Burger.
2025 February 19, Jordan Valinsky, “KFC is leaving Kentucky”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2025
A peculiarity of ECOFF relocation entries is that even on 32-bit machines, they're 10 bytes long, which means that on machines that require aligned data, the linker can't just load the entire relocation table into a memory array[…]
2000, John R. Levine, Linkers and Loaders, Morgan Kaufmann, →ISBN, page 157

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