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migrate

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verb (used without object)

migrated, migrating.

to go from one country, region, or place to another.
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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

��ˈ��ٴǰ�, noun

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Other Word 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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Word 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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Word 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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Steelheads migrate to the ocean and return to their natal streams to spawn, while rainbows spend their lives in freshwater.

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Usha Vance's parents migrated to the US from the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, and some media reports have said that Vance and his wife are keen to introduce their children to their Indian heritage.

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It is fenced on three sides to stop animals roaming into the city but it is open to the south to allow animals to migrate in and out of the area.

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The Emberá Dobida, a nomadic indigenous group from Colombia, have migrated to Bogotá to escape paramilitary violence but face discrimination in the capital.

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He added that around 95% of the moose in northern Sweden migrate annually, adding that early migrations were not new with this year's prompted by less snow on the ground.

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