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resettle

verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: R IY0 S EH1 T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To settle in a different place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To force someone to settle in a different place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

settle in a new place

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The immigrants had to resettle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: settle, locate

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English settle English resettle From re- + settle.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: köçürmək — to settle in a different place
  • Belarusian: перасяля́цца (pjerasjaljácca) — to settle in a different place
  • Belarusian: перасялі́цца (pjerasjalícca) — to settle in a different place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遷移 /迁移 (qiānyí) — to settle in a different place
  • Finnish: muuttaa — to settle in a different place
  • Finnish: siirtyä — to settle in a different place
  • German: umsiedeln — to settle in a different place
  • Hungarian: áttelepül — to settle in a different place
  • Japanese: 移住する (ijū suru) — to settle in a different place
  • Polish: przesiedlać się — to settle in a different place
  • Polish: przesiedlić się — to settle in a different place
  • Russian: переселя́ться (pereseljátʹsja) — to settle in a different place
  • Russian: пересели́ться (pereselítʹsja) — to settle in a different place
  • Ukrainian: переселя́тися (pereseljátysja) — to settle in a different place
  • Ukrainian: пересели́тися (pereselýtysja) — to settle in a different place
  • Azerbaijani: sürgün etmək — to force someone to settle in a different place
  • Belarusian: перасяля́ць (pjerasjaljácʹ) — to force someone to settle in a different place
  • Belarusian: перасялі́ць (pjerasjalícʹ) — to force someone to settle in a different place
  • Finnish: siirtää — to force someone to settle in a different place
  • German: umsiedeln — to force someone to settle in a different place
  • Hungarian: áttelepít — to force someone to settle in a different place
  • Polish: przesiedlać — to force someone to settle in a different place
  • Polish: przesiedlić — to force someone to settle in a different place
  • Russian: переселя́ть (pereseljátʹ) — to force someone to settle in a different place
  • Russian: пересели́ть (pereselítʹ) — to force someone to settle in a different place
  • Ukrainian: переселя́ти (pereseljáty) — to force someone to settle in a different place
  • Ukrainian: пересели́ти (pereselýty) — to force someone to settle in a different place