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   migrate

   /mʌɪˈɡreɪt/

   verb

   • 1. (of an animal, typically a bird or fish) move from one region or habitat to another according to the seasons: "as autumn arrives, the birds migrate south" Similar roamwanderdriftrovetravel (around)voyagejourneytrekhikeitinerateglobetrot
   • ▪ (of a person) move to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions: "rural populations have migrated to urban areas" Similar relocateresettlemovemove houseemigratego abroadgo overseasbe posteddefecttrekpull up stakesinformal:up sticksflitformal:remove
   • 2. move from one part of something to another: "cells that can form pigment migrate beneath the skin" Similar relocateresettlemovemove houseemigratego abroadgo overseasbe posteddefecttrekpull up stakesinformal:up sticksflitformal:remove
   • 3. change or cause to change from one system to another: "customers are migrating from mainframes to client-server environments"
   • ▪ transfer (programs or hardware) from one system to another: "the system will allow users to migrate applications across environments"

   Word Origin early 17th century (in the general sense ‘move from one place to another’): from Latin migrat- ‘moved, shifted’, from the verb migrare.

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   • 1. migrator noun

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   What does migrate mean?

   • Learn a new word every day. Delivered to your inbox! The meaning of MIGRATE is to move from one country, place, or locality to another. How to use migrate in a sentence.

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   What is another word for migrating?

   • Other forms: migrated; migrating; migrates To migrate means to move from one place to another, sometimes part of a back-and-forth pattern, and sometimes to stay. When we think of the word migrate we think of movement from place to place. Sometimes that movement is seasonal, as when birds migrate north in summer and south in winter.

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   What does emigrate mean?

   • Migrate, emigrate, immigrate are used of changing one's abode from one country or part of a country to another. To migrate is to make such a move either once or repeatedly: to migrate from Ireland to the United States.

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   What does it mean if a person migrates from one place to another?

   • When we think of the word migrate we think of movement from place to place. Sometimes that movement is seasonal, as when birds migrate north in summer and south in winter. But sometimes a person or group will migrate from one place to another with the intention of settling there.

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   What is the difference between emigration and migration?

   • To migrate is to make such a move either once or repeatedly: to migrate from Ireland to the United States. To emigrate is to leave a country, usually one’s own (and take up residence in another): Each year many people emigrate from Europe.

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   What does migration mean?

   • Migration refers to a change of abode or a removal from one country or climate to another. Migratory animals are those that remove from one region to another as the seasons change. [L. migrare, -are; cf. meare, to go.]

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   To migrate means to move from one place to another, sometimes part of a back-and-forth pattern, and sometimes to stay.

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