treechange
tree·change
treechange · treechanges
A movement of people from cities to the countrysideA movement of people from cities to the countryside.
/ˈtɹiːˌt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/
Meaning
2 senses(Australia, uncountable)A movement of people from cities to the countryside.
(Australia, countable)An act of relocating from an urban to a rural community.
Origin
From tree + change, modelled after seachange. According to the Australian author and demogFrom tree + change, modelled after seachange. According to the Australian author and demographer Bernard Salt, the word was coined by “a subeditor” in 2003 and thereafter adopted by him.
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Forms
plural: treechanges| Singular | treechange |
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedtreechanger
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable