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- Dictionaryresettle/ˌriːˈsɛtl/
verb
- 1. settle or cause to settle in a different place: "they offered to resettle 300,000 refugees"
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to (be helped or forced to) move to another place to live: His family originally came from Ireland, but resettled in the US in the 19th century. The US government forcibly resettled the Native Americans in reservations. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Accommodating people. accommodate. billet. board and lodging. boarding and lodging.
1. transitive : to settle (someone or something) again or anew. especially : to move (people) to a new place to live. efforts to resettle refugees. 2. intransitive : to become settled again or anew (as after disturbance or upheaval) The family resettled in the United States. resettlement. (ˌ)rē-ˈse-tᵊl-mənt. noun. plural resettlements.
to (be helped or forced to) move to another place to live: His family originally came from Ireland, but resettled in the U.S. in the 19th century. The U.S. government forcibly resettled the Native Americans in reservations. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
To resettle is to move away from one place and make a home somewhere new. It's hard to resettle in a place where the language and culture are completely unfamiliar. An immigrant is someone who resettles in a new country.
verb. If people are resettled by a government or organization, or if people resettle, they move to a different place to live because they are no longer able or allowed to stay in the area where they used to live.
Resettle definition: to settle or cause to settle in a new or different place. See examples of RESETTLE used in a sentence.
Definition of resettle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
