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noun
The transportation of a group of people to a new settlement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: relocation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance
History
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English settlement English resettlement From re- + settlement.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
