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mi·grate (grāt′)

intransitive verb -·grat′ed, -·grat′·ing

  1. to move from one place to another; esp., to leave one's country and settle in another
  2. to move from one region to another with the change in seasons, as many birds and some fishes do
  3. to move from place to place to harvest seasonal crops

Etymology: < L migratus, pp. of migrare, to move from one place to another, change < IE *meigw-, to change location < base *mei-, to change, exchange, wander

migrate Related Forms

mi·gra′·tor noun

migrate Synonyms

migrate

v.

move, emigrate, immigrate, resettle, relocate, transfer, transmigrate, in-migrate, out-migrate, expatriate, trek, run (said of fish); see also leave 1, move 6.

migrate denotes a moving from one region or country to another and may imply, of people, intention to settle in a new land, or, of animals, a periodic movement influenced by climate, food supply, etc.; emigrate and immigrate are used only of people, emigrate specifically denoting the leaving of a country to settle in another, and immigrate, the coming into the new country to settle

migrate Usage Examples

Object

  • raptor: Given fine weather we may get our first views of migrating raptors from here.
  • osprey: MORE THOUGHTS ABOUT CHANGES IN DIRECTION There have been several suggestions as to what determines the directions taken by migrating Ospreys.
  • wader: We did have the benefit of lots of migrating waders, including the white-rumped sandpipers.
  • northward: Blue whiting spawn in a similar area in March and migrate northwards to the Norwegian Sea for the summer.
  • bird: These migrating birds may only rest for a few days to a week.
  • goose: It is famous for the large number of migrating geese that come here.

Preposition: over

distance: They migrate over long distances in order to search for food.

Adjective complement

  • downstream: Mature silver eels migrate downstream from the first stormy night in October for two weeks ( Fig 3 ).
  • online: Schools, government agencies, business, and others seeking to improve learning are migrating online.

Modifying Another Word

  • northwards: When coal was discovered elsewhere industry migrated northwards and much of the wealden industry came to an abrupt end.
  • northward: I speculate that William and James migrated northward toward Birmingham in search of work, and on the way met the Docker sisters.
  • seamlessly: As your business expands, you can migrate seamlessly to other Windows Server 2003 products.
  • upwards: You may migrate upwards to a higher priced plan at any time.
  • south: The mullet migrate south every winter to the area off the shore of southern Taiwan to lay their eggs.
  • gradually: The nomads were subjected to great pressure of moving populations and gradually migrated westward, where they had increasing contact with European countries.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • across: In order to test the system thoroughly all the data in the current system will have to be migrated across into the new system.
  • over: Well, replaced everything on that side only to migrate over to the fuel side again.

Followed by a transitive particle

over: Wild salmon migrate over hundreds of miles from the rivers where they are spawned to the open sea.

Present participle complement

exist: Google may - or may not - have to migrate existing accounts to that domain.

Preposition: in

search: Its people probably migrated in the search for better resources.

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