Quiz: "relocate" or "allocate"?

The correct answer is: relocate

"Management has decided to relocate our offices. I hope we stay in the city!"

If you relocate, you move from one location to another, usually to establish a new business there.

Iran has plans for a major relocation: it aims to relocate its capital city. The current capital city, Tehran, is in danger of being hit by a major earthquake, and seismologists warn the city would not survive one intact. The only problem is, the country’s leaders are not sure where to move the capital, as the BBC reports .

relocate = umlagern, umsiedeln, den Standort wechseln

The other word in our quiz, allocate, means to distribute resources or duties, usually for a specific purpose:

"The government has allocated €20 billion to upgrade the nation’s highways and roads.“

"We’ve allocated a large room on the third floor to be used as a canteen.“

allocate sth. = etw. zuteilen, zuweisen

Try another:

"Many people thought Facebook would be a flash in the ____, but it is now more popular than ever."

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• pan