RESETTLE


Meaning of RESETTLE in English

/ ˌriːˈsetl; NAmE / verb

1.

to help people go and live in a new country or area; to go and live in a new country or area :

[ vn ]

Many of the refugees were resettled in Britain and Canada.

[also v ]

2.

[ vn ] to start to use an area again as a place to live :

The region was only resettled 200 years later.

3.

to make yourself comfortable in a new position :

[ v ]

The birds flew around and then resettled on the pond.

[also vn ]

►  re·set·tle·ment noun [ U ]:

the resettlement of refugees

a resettlement agency

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