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- DictionaryMi·grate/ˈmīˌɡrāt/
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"
- 2. move from one part of something to another: "cells that can form pigment migrate beneath the skin"
to travel to a new place or country, usually in order to find work and live there temporarily or permanently: migrate to Mexican farm workers migrate to the US each year to find work at harvest time. [ I ] to move from one place to another: Trade is migrating from local stores to the larger out-of-town hypermarkets.
Emigrate means to leave one's country to live in another. Immigrate is to come into another country to live permanently. Migrate is to move, like birds in the winter. To migrate means to move from one place to another, sometimes part of a back-and-forth pattern, and sometimes to stay.
4 days ago · to change or transfer from one college to another. SYNONYMS 1. move, resettle. 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.
Definition of migrate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb [ I ] uk / maɪˈɡreɪt / us / ˈmaɪɡreɪt / migrate verb [I] (ANIMALS) Add to word list. When birds, fish, or animals migrate, they travel from one place to another at the same time each year: Many birds migrate from Europe to African forests for the winter. migrate verb [I] (PEOPLE)
verb (used without object),mi·grat·ed, mi·grat·ing. to go from one country, region, or place to another. to pass periodically from one region or climate to another, as certain birds, fishes, and animals: The birds migrate southward in the winter. to shift, as from one system, mode of operation, or enterprise to another.
To move from one country or region and settle in another. 2. To change location periodically, especially by moving seasonally from one region to another. 3. Computers To be moved from one system to another: migrated to an updated version of the platform. v.tr. Computers.
