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treechange

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɹiːˌt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːtʃeɪndʒ

1

noun

Meaning 1

A movement of people from cities to the countryside.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An act of relocating from an urban to a rural community.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, countable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From tree + change, modelled after seachange. According to the Australian author and demographer Bernard Salt, the word was coined by “a subeditor” in 2003 and thereafter adopted by him.