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migrate
[ mahy-greyt ]
verb (used without object)
- 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.
- Physiology. (of a cell, tissue, etc.) to move from one region of the body to another, as in embryonic development.
- Chemistry.
- (of ions) to move toward an electrode during electrolysis.
- (of atoms within a molecule) to change position.
- (at British universities) to change or transfer from one college to another.
migrate
/ maɪˈɡreɪt /
verb
- to go from one region, country, or place of abode to settle in another, esp in a foreign country
- (of birds, fishes, etc) to journey between different areas at specific times of the year
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Derived Forms
- miˈgrator, noun
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Other Words From
- migra·tor noun
- inter·migrate verb (used without object) intermigrated intermigrating
- non·migrat·ing adjective noun
- re·migrate verb (used without object) remigrated remigrating
- un·migrat·ing adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of migrate1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of migrate1
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Example Sentences
While politics tend to migrate toward the poles, humanity—and fiction, at its best—huddles in between.
These agricultural pests migrate in mid-summer to the Rocky Mountains from Kansas and Nebraska to beat the heat.
Some, like the Ait Atta nomads, still migrate throughout the year.
Some species of animals and plants would migrate to different zones or disappear for ever.
Is it worth it to migrate to Las Vegas, which is said to be welcoming with open arms?
They are able to migrate readily from place to place and to ingest small bodies, as bacteria.
These migrate to the salivary glands, and are carried into the blood of the person whom the mosquito bites.
The Baz men are hereditary builders, and migrate in a body to Mosul in winter in order to undertake such work.
Even in your day the more intelligent among the agricultural labourers were beginning to migrate to the towns.
They migrate from place to place, as the season varies, plant very little, and are addicted to the use of ardent spirits.
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