EnglishMain Dictionary
resettle
Universal Words
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]
resettlement noun [U]:
the resettlement of refugees * a resettlement agency / area / programme
