Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense resettles, present participle resettling, past tense, past participle resettled
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.
The refugees were put in camps in Italy before being resettled. [beVERB-ed]
In 1990, 200,000 Soviet Jews resettled on Israeli territory. [VERB]
resettle in British English
(riːˈsɛtəl)
verb
to settle or cause to settle in a new or different place
Examples of 'resettle' in a sentence
resettle
To find out if this territory is safe enough for us Tawnies to resettle.
Hocke, Martin THE ANCIENT AND SOLITARY REIGN
In other languages
resettle
British English: resettle 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.
The refugees were put in camps before being resettled.