Migrate Definition

mīgrāt
migrated, migrating
verb
migrated, migrating
To move from one place to another; esp., to leave one's country and settle in another.
Webster's New World
To move from one region to another with the change in seasons, as many birds and some fishes do.
Webster's New World
To be moved from one system to another.
Migrated to an updated version of the platform.
American Heritage
To move from place to place to harvest seasonal crops.
Webster's New World
To move (something) from one system to another.
Migrated specific applications to a selected server.
American Heritage
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Origin of Migrate

  • From Latin migratus, past participle of migrō (“migrate, change, transport")

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin migrāre migrāt- mei-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Migrate Sentence Examples

  • The Russians do not emigrate as isolated individuals; they migrate in whole villages.

  • During and after supper, conversation seemed to continually migrate back to Cynthia.

  • Entire villages migrate after the harvest to the neighbourhood of some plentiful well.

  • Bats are social, nocturnal and they migrate to a warmer climate, or hibernate.

  • The decay that followed caused a number of Sabaeans to migrate to other parts of Arabia.

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Words Starting With

MMIMIG

Words Ending With

ETEATE

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migrate

Words Starting With M and Ending With E

Starts With M & Ends With EStarts With MI & Ends With EStarts With M & Ends With TE

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With M7 Letter Words Ending With E