MIGRATE Definition & Meaning

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verb (used without object)

migrated, migrating.

to go from one country, region, or place to another.
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Antonyms: ,
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.
1. (of ions) to move toward an electrode during electrolysis.
2. (of atoms within a molecule) to change position.
(at British universities) to change or transfer from one college to another.

migrate

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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

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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��t��·��g��ٱ� verb (used without object) intermigrated intermigrating
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��·��g��ٱ� verb (used without object) remigrated remigrating
�ܲ�·��g��·��Բ� adjective

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of migrate¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; from Latin ��ٳܲ� (past participle of �� “to move from place to place, change position or abode”), equivalent to ��- verb stem + -tus past participle suffix

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of migrate¹

C17: from Latin �� to change one's abode

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Synonym Study

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. To emigrate is to leave a country, usually one's own (and take up residence in another): Each year many people emigrate from Europe. To immigrate is to enter and settle in a country not one's own: There are many inducements to immigrate to South America. Migrate is applied both to people or to animals that move from one region to another, especially periodically; the other terms are generally applied to movements of people.

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Like many other people from Myanmar who have migrated abroad, he feels survivor's guilt.

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Rather, many affluent young professionals are migrating out of the state.

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"I can see shadow of where its migrated.. I always joke with my friends when you see it - it's like Homer Simpson, like I've got a Homer Simpson pout."

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Saccussa - a group representing South African businesspeople living in the US - said most of those who expressed interest in migrating were aged between 25 and 45 and had between two and three dependants.

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Thousands of nurses from Kerala, desperate to migrate to the UK every year, are estimated to have been exploited after the government added care workers to the UK's shortage occupation list during Covid.

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