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resettle en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English settle English resettle From re- + settle.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To settle in a different place.
2. (transitive) To force someone to settle in a different place.
   • And so far just two member states, Malta and Finland, are on track to meet their resettling obligations. 2017 March 2, Eliza Mackintosh, “No more excuses on resettling refugees, European Commission warns”, in CNN:
   • Together with our partner in Pittsburgh, Jewish Family and Community Services, and others across the country, we’ve directly resettled more than 450,000 refugees in the US since 1980 when the USRAP was established, according to HIAS annual reports. 2018 November 5, Mark Hetfield, “HIAS chief: If you’re not combating hate speech, you’re accepting it”, in CNN:
   • And for entrepreneurial immigrants, the mayor's office partners with local organizations to offer business loans of between $5,000 and $50,000, said Ruben Chandrasekar, executive director for the International Rescue Committee, a nonprofit that resettles about 1,100 refugees and asylum seekers in Baltimore each year. 2015 December 21, Octavio Blanco, “Immigrants: These cities want you!”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2025:
   • After the biggest military evacuation in history, the Biden administration will now resettle more than 60,000 Afghan refugees inside the US over the next several weeks. 2021 September 13, Priscilla Alvarez and Oren Liebermann, “Inside the effort to resettle thousands of Afghans in the United States”, in CNN:

Forms

Deriveds

resettler

Translations (27)

pl przesiedlać (to force someone to settle in a different place) · de umsiedeln (to settle in a different place) · ja 移住する (to settle in a different place) · pl przesiedlić się (to settle in a different place) · ru переселя́ться (to settle in a different place) · be перасялі́ць (to force someone to settle in a different place) · pl przesiedlać się (to settle in a different place) · ru переселя́ть (to force someone to settle in a different place) · uk переселя́тися (to settle in a different place) · de umsiedeln (to force someone to settle in a different place) · fi siirtyä (to settle in a different place) · uk пересели́тися (to settle in a different place) · cmn 遷移 /迁移 (to settle in a different place) · hu áttelepít (to force someone to settle in a different place) · uk переселя́ти (to force someone to settle in a different place) · az sürgün etmək (to force someone to settle in a different place) · hu áttelepül (to settle in a different place) · az köçürmək (to settle in a different place) · be перасяля́ць (to force someone to settle in a different place) · be перасяля́цца (to settle in a different place) · pl przesiedlić (to force someone to settle in a different place) · fi siirtää (to force someone to settle in a different place) · uk пересели́ти (to force someone to settle in a different place) · ru пересели́ться (to settle in a different place) · fi muuttaa (to settle in a different place) · ru пересели́ть (to force someone to settle in a different place) · be перасялі́цца (to settle in a different place)