Definition of migrate in English:

migrate

verb ˈmʌɪɡreɪtmʌɪˈɡreɪtˈmaɪˌɡreɪt

[no object]

1(of an animal, typically a bird or fish) move from one region or habitat to another according to the seasons.
as autumn arrives, the birds migrate south
Example sentencesExamples
- In fall the birds migrate south, many of them to the Extremadura region in central Spain, where they winter in huge flocks.
- Similarly, heart rate, wingbeat frequency, and respiration of birds flying in wind tunnels can now be compared to that of birds migrating in the wild.
- In the fall, Bermuda is a rest stop for birds migrating from Canada to South America.
- All the previous birds have migrated independently after their first year.
- Federal officials warn that the first case of bird flu could show up in the United States in the coming weeks or months as birds migrate from overseas.
- The birds migrate to tropical forests for the winter.
- In eastern North America, over two-thirds of breeding bird species migrate.
- Many native species migrate across the region, yet nobody can say for certain whether a 20m wide wildlife corridor is sufficient or inadequate for them.
- In eastern Washington, most birds migrate south in the fall to locations throughout the southwestern United States and central Mexico.
- During the harsh winter months, approximately 120 different species of bird migrate southwards.
- In recent years genetic data has suggested that some male great white sharks migrate between South Africa and Australia.
- Magnetic cues, which help many bird species migrate, appear to be particularly important to Bobolinks.
- Many birds migrate, and many of the world's frogs, lizards, and snakes lie low during cooler periods of the year.
- To spawn, the fish migrate from large rivers and lakes into small streams.
- Eastern birds may migrate south, but western populations are more often altitudinal migrants, moving from the mountains into nearby lowlands in winter.
- The study suggests that birds migrating from Siberia to Alaska are unlikely to carry the virus and that few of those birds ultimately fly farther south.
- These birds migrate from Mexico and, possibly, Central America to breed in the Chiricahua Mountains in the spring.
- During the fall and spring, many birds migrate along the river valley, and the Kittatinny Ridge is an especially important migratory corridor for raptors.
- Many of the birds migrating through Washington are on their way to southern South America for the winter.
- Washington birds appear to migrate east before turning south and migrating across the Gulf of Mexico.
Synonyms
roam, wander, drift, rove, travel (around), voyage, journey, trek, hike, itinerate, globetrot
1. 1.1 (of a person) move to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions.
  rural populations have migrated to urban areas
  Example sentencesExamples
  And they have poorer mental health than the people in the country they've migrated to.
  Millions of people have migrated to our shores from just about every point on the globe, often to escape the physical danger and economic oppression of their own lands.
  Over the past three months, tens of thousands of people have migrated to Gode, the largest town in the Ogaden area.
  But, if they had migrated to Sweden or Norway, instead of Australia, their footprint would be far lighter.
  For example, many people migrated to the United States in groups and settled in the same cities as the other members of the group.
  His father's brother had migrated to Australia many years before and had established a successful fruit and vegetable farm at Ormistom near Cleveland.
  In recent years hundreds of thousands of rural people have migrated to the cities looking for jobs.
  Many villages in the regency are devoid of young people as they have all migrated to Medan, Jakarta, Surabaya and other urban areas due to a lack of jobs at home.
  In places where there is no water for farming, men migrate to urban areas in search of work leaving women behind to fend for the old, and the infirm and the children.
  Their children migrated to the cities and the parents had to fend for themselves.
  Second, some families have migrated to the rural backwaters of other states where farms could be purchased at much lower prices.
  Their women, who did not bind their feet, worked beside them in the fields and often tended the farms while their husbands migrated to the mines or to man ships, burn charcoal, or emigrate.
  Most residents are retired and many of their children have migrated to Australia.
  Some people also migrated to cities like Managua.
  In the struggle to make ends meet, they had migrated to various parts of the country.
  Most of the farmers migrated to the area in the 1970s, following the paths opened by oil companies.
  My family migrated to Australia from Scotland in 1970 when I was 7.
  We have noted that several students have migrated to the US on basketball scholarships.
  His family migrated to India just before the partition in 1947.
  In 1950 Ruth and her British husband George migrated to New Zealand.
  Synonyms
  relocate, resettle, move, move house
2Move from one part of something to another.
cells that can form pigment migrate beneath the skin
Example sentencesExamples
- Wood grain PVC is considerably easier on the eye but after a decade the pigment will migrate and turn a greyish colour.
- Other glycoproteins are thought to act during development to aid cells as they migrate to their proper location in the body.
- When an electric field is applied, the white particles will migrate towards the positive charge.
- As a result, the fragments migrate down the gel in various distances.
- This prevents the chromophore from migrating within the polymer while simultaneously improving the efficiency of energy transfer to the chromophore.
- A protein in one solution might carry a positive charge in a particular medium and migrate toward the negative end of the matrix.
- The lateral fluidity of the membrane allows oppositely charged lipids to migrate toward the adsorption domain to minimize the interaction free energy.
- Soft microenvironments could be selected during the process of gelation as inert particles migrate through the forming gel.
- Too high a concentration is undesirable because unused methanol migrates through the electrolyte to the cathode.
- We want a system that does not allow ions (salts and corrosion products) to migrate through the coating.
- However, the efficiency of this process is low because the positive charge from the guanine radical cation also migrates to the solvent.
- There is some evidence that the phthalates in PVC can migrate into food, especially if the food is fatty or hot.
- We eventually migrated to a narrow, cobbled alleyway, an archaic space crammed with smartly dressed young people, the overflow from several dimly lit bars.
- When an electric current is passed through this molten mixture, the aluminum ions migrate to the cathode, where they are reduced to metal.
- They demonstrated that DNA of cells embedded in a low-melting agarose microgel on microscope slides migrates in an electrophoretic field in a pattern determined by the extent of DNA damage.
- This can result in the filter migrating into and degrading the plastic - while also reducing the potency of the formulation left behind.
- When ice recrystallizes, water molecules migrate from smaller crystals to larger ones, thus increasing both crystal size and the probability of injury to the tissues.
- Charged colloidal particles will migrate in an applied electric field, a process called electrophoresis.
- Certain cells, such as fibroblasts - cells responsible for producing extracellular matrix in wound healing and tissue remodelling - will migrate along the tracks.
- The lipid was found to migrate as a single spot under thin layer chromatography.
Synonyms
relocate, resettle, move, move house
3Computing
Change or cause to change from one system to another.
no object customers are migrating from mainframes to client-server environments
with object save time by efficiently migrating data to secondary storage systems
Example sentencesExamples
- For many current DDS users, however, migrating to an MT-based system would be an excellent choice.
- Stalker realizes many users will be migrating from another system, such as an IMAP or POP server.
- When TMC went out of business, users had to migrate to different systems that had less sophisticated software as well as different hardware architecture.
- He added that MIS is seeing more demand from users wishing to migrate from Windows-based Web server to Unix-based systems because of security concerns.
- After all, StarOffice is free, and is more about getting computer users to migrate from Windows than anything else.
1. 3.1with object Transfer (programs or hardware) from one system to another.
  the system will allow users to migrate applications across environments
  Example sentencesExamples
  These days, every industry from pharmaceuticals to human resources has migrated their complex systems to the online environment.
  Smaller software vendors in particular said they were unable to migrate applications to Linux, simply because they lack open source knowledge.
  And lo and behold, Oracle has a major U2 software house migrating all of its applications to Oracle.
  The market seems to approve: handset manufacturers including Nokia, Sendo and Sony Ericsson have said they will migrate their signing programs to Symbian Signed.
  The interface was designed carefully so that it can be kept stable while migrating the application.

Derivatives

migrator

noun mʌɪˈɡreɪtəˈmʌɪˌɡreɪtəˈmaɪˌɡreɪdər

The flora is composed of ecologically plastic species that were successful migrators from the Atlantic forest.
Example sentencesExamples
- They are vertical daily migrators, following plankton populations.
- Interviews suggest that the fullest migrators tend to be long-time Windows developers with a need to keep up with all of the latest bells-and-whistles.
- Below normal precipitation in 2002 and the resulting shift in available water and herbage has created some concern among conservationists for migrators, such as the Sandhill cranes shown here.
- Perhaps the most renowned migrator in the bird kingdom is the Arctic Tern (right).

Origin

Early 17th century (in the general sense 'move from one place to another'): from Latin migrat- 'moved, shifted', from the verb migrare.

The word migrate was initially a general word for ‘move from one place to another’. It comes from Latin migrare ‘to move, shift’. People could immigrate from the early 17th century, but emigrants only appeared in the mid 18th century.

Rhymes

abate, ablate, aerate, ait, await, backdate, bait, bate, berate, castrate, collate, conflate, crate, create, cremate, date, deflate, dictate, dilate, distraite, donate, downstate, eight, elate, equate, estate, fate, fête, fixate, freight, frustrate, gait, gate, gestate, gradate, grate, great, gyrate, hate, hydrate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, irate, Kate, Kuwait, lactate, late, locate, lustrate, mandate, mate, misdate, misstate, mistranslate, mutate, narrate, negate, notate, orate, ornate, Pate, placate, plate, prate, prorate, prostrate, pulsate, pupate, quadrate, rate, rotate, sate, sedate, serrate, short weight, skate, slate, spate, spectate, spruit, stagnate, state, straight, strait, Tate, tête-à-tête, Thwaite, translate, translocate, transmigrate, truncate, underrate, understate, underweight, update, uprate, upstate, up-to-date, vacate, vibrate, wait, weight

Definition of migrate in US English:

migrate

verbˈmīˌɡrātˈmaɪˌɡreɪt

[no object]

1(of an animal, typically a bird or fish) move from one region or habitat to another according to the seasons.
as autumn arrives, the birds migrate south
Example sentencesExamples
- In fall the birds migrate south, many of them to the Extremadura region in central Spain, where they winter in huge flocks.
- Eastern birds may migrate south, but western populations are more often altitudinal migrants, moving from the mountains into nearby lowlands in winter.
- In eastern Washington, most birds migrate south in the fall to locations throughout the southwestern United States and central Mexico.
- Many birds migrate, and many of the world's frogs, lizards, and snakes lie low during cooler periods of the year.
- During the fall and spring, many birds migrate along the river valley, and the Kittatinny Ridge is an especially important migratory corridor for raptors.
- Federal officials warn that the first case of bird flu could show up in the United States in the coming weeks or months as birds migrate from overseas.
- During the harsh winter months, approximately 120 different species of bird migrate southwards.
- In recent years genetic data has suggested that some male great white sharks migrate between South Africa and Australia.
- The study suggests that birds migrating from Siberia to Alaska are unlikely to carry the virus and that few of those birds ultimately fly farther south.
- In eastern North America, over two-thirds of breeding bird species migrate.
- To spawn, the fish migrate from large rivers and lakes into small streams.
- Similarly, heart rate, wingbeat frequency, and respiration of birds flying in wind tunnels can now be compared to that of birds migrating in the wild.
- In the fall, Bermuda is a rest stop for birds migrating from Canada to South America.
- Many of the birds migrating through Washington are on their way to southern South America for the winter.
- Washington birds appear to migrate east before turning south and migrating across the Gulf of Mexico.
- Many native species migrate across the region, yet nobody can say for certain whether a 20m wide wildlife corridor is sufficient or inadequate for them.
- All the previous birds have migrated independently after their first year.
- These birds migrate from Mexico and, possibly, Central America to breed in the Chiricahua Mountains in the spring.
- The birds migrate to tropical forests for the winter.
- Magnetic cues, which help many bird species migrate, appear to be particularly important to Bobolinks.
Synonyms
roam, wander, drift, rove, travel, travel around, voyage, journey, trek, hike, itinerate, globetrot
1. 1.1 (of a person) move to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions.
  rural populations have migrated to urban areas
  Example sentencesExamples
  His father's brother had migrated to Australia many years before and had established a successful fruit and vegetable farm at Ormistom near Cleveland.
  In the struggle to make ends meet, they had migrated to various parts of the country.
  Over the past three months, tens of thousands of people have migrated to Gode, the largest town in the Ogaden area.
  In 1950 Ruth and her British husband George migrated to New Zealand.
  Most of the farmers migrated to the area in the 1970s, following the paths opened by oil companies.
  Second, some families have migrated to the rural backwaters of other states where farms could be purchased at much lower prices.
  Most residents are retired and many of their children have migrated to Australia.
  Their children migrated to the cities and the parents had to fend for themselves.
  In places where there is no water for farming, men migrate to urban areas in search of work leaving women behind to fend for the old, and the infirm and the children.
  For example, many people migrated to the United States in groups and settled in the same cities as the other members of the group.
  Many villages in the regency are devoid of young people as they have all migrated to Medan, Jakarta, Surabaya and other urban areas due to a lack of jobs at home.
  Some people also migrated to cities like Managua.
  In recent years hundreds of thousands of rural people have migrated to the cities looking for jobs.
  His family migrated to India just before the partition in 1947.
  Their women, who did not bind their feet, worked beside them in the fields and often tended the farms while their husbands migrated to the mines or to man ships, burn charcoal, or emigrate.
  But, if they had migrated to Sweden or Norway, instead of Australia, their footprint would be far lighter.
  Millions of people have migrated to our shores from just about every point on the globe, often to escape the physical danger and economic oppression of their own lands.
  My family migrated to Australia from Scotland in 1970 when I was 7.
  We have noted that several students have migrated to the US on basketball scholarships.
  And they have poorer mental health than the people in the country they've migrated to.
  Synonyms
  relocate, resettle, move, move house
2Move from one part of something to another.
cells that can form pigment migrate beneath the skin
Example sentencesExamples
- This prevents the chromophore from migrating within the polymer while simultaneously improving the efficiency of energy transfer to the chromophore.
- Other glycoproteins are thought to act during development to aid cells as they migrate to their proper location in the body.
- This can result in the filter migrating into and degrading the plastic - while also reducing the potency of the formulation left behind.
- The lipid was found to migrate as a single spot under thin layer chromatography.
- Charged colloidal particles will migrate in an applied electric field, a process called electrophoresis.
- As a result, the fragments migrate down the gel in various distances.
- When ice recrystallizes, water molecules migrate from smaller crystals to larger ones, thus increasing both crystal size and the probability of injury to the tissues.
- A protein in one solution might carry a positive charge in a particular medium and migrate toward the negative end of the matrix.
- They demonstrated that DNA of cells embedded in a low-melting agarose microgel on microscope slides migrates in an electrophoretic field in a pattern determined by the extent of DNA damage.
- Wood grain PVC is considerably easier on the eye but after a decade the pigment will migrate and turn a greyish colour.
- Too high a concentration is undesirable because unused methanol migrates through the electrolyte to the cathode.
- Certain cells, such as fibroblasts - cells responsible for producing extracellular matrix in wound healing and tissue remodelling - will migrate along the tracks.
- There is some evidence that the phthalates in PVC can migrate into food, especially if the food is fatty or hot.
- The lateral fluidity of the membrane allows oppositely charged lipids to migrate toward the adsorption domain to minimize the interaction free energy.
- We eventually migrated to a narrow, cobbled alleyway, an archaic space crammed with smartly dressed young people, the overflow from several dimly lit bars.
- When an electric current is passed through this molten mixture, the aluminum ions migrate to the cathode, where they are reduced to metal.
- However, the efficiency of this process is low because the positive charge from the guanine radical cation also migrates to the solvent.
- When an electric field is applied, the white particles will migrate towards the positive charge.
- Soft microenvironments could be selected during the process of gelation as inert particles migrate through the forming gel.
- We want a system that does not allow ions (salts and corrosion products) to migrate through the coating.
Synonyms
relocate, resettle, move, move house
3Computing
Change or cause to change from one system to another.
no object customers are migrating from mainframes to client-server environments
with object save time by efficiently migrating data to secondary storage systems
Example sentencesExamples
- After all, StarOffice is free, and is more about getting computer users to migrate from Windows than anything else.
- He added that MIS is seeing more demand from users wishing to migrate from Windows-based Web server to Unix-based systems because of security concerns.
- For many current DDS users, however, migrating to an MT-based system would be an excellent choice.
- Stalker realizes many users will be migrating from another system, such as an IMAP or POP server.
- When TMC went out of business, users had to migrate to different systems that had less sophisticated software as well as different hardware architecture.
1. 3.1with object Transfer (programs or hardware) from one system to another.
  the system will allow users to migrate applications across environments
  Example sentencesExamples
  And lo and behold, Oracle has a major U2 software house migrating all of its applications to Oracle.
  The interface was designed carefully so that it can be kept stable while migrating the application.
  The market seems to approve: handset manufacturers including Nokia, Sendo and Sony Ericsson have said they will migrate their signing programs to Symbian Signed.
  Smaller software vendors in particular said they were unable to migrate applications to Linux, simply because they lack open source knowledge.
  These days, every industry from pharmaceuticals to human resources has migrated their complex systems to the online environment.

Origin

Early 17th century (in the general sense ‘move from one place to another’): from Latin migrat- ‘moved, shifted’, from the verb migrare.

单词	migrate
释义	Definition of migrate in English: migrate verb ˈmʌɪɡreɪtmʌɪˈɡreɪtˈmaɪˌɡreɪt [no object] 1(of an animal, typically a bird or fish) move from one region or habitat to another according to the seasons. as autumn arrives, the birds migrate south Example sentencesExamples In fall the birds migrate south, many of them to the Extremadura region in central Spain, where they winter in huge flocks. Similarly, heart rate, wingbeat frequency, and respiration of birds flying in wind tunnels can now be compared to that of birds migrating in the wild. In the fall, Bermuda is a rest stop for birds migrating from Canada to South America. All the previous birds have migrated independently after their first year. Federal officials warn that the first case of bird flu could show up in the United States in the coming weeks or months as birds migrate from overseas. The birds migrate to tropical forests for the winter. In eastern North America, over two-thirds of breeding bird species migrate. Many native species migrate across the region, yet nobody can say for certain whether a 20m wide wildlife corridor is sufficient or inadequate for them. In eastern Washington, most birds migrate south in the fall to locations throughout the southwestern United States and central Mexico. During the harsh winter months, approximately 120 different species of bird migrate southwards. In recent years genetic data has suggested that some male great white sharks migrate between South Africa and Australia. Magnetic cues, which help many bird species migrate, appear to be particularly important to Bobolinks. Many birds migrate, and many of the world's frogs, lizards, and snakes lie low during cooler periods of the year. To spawn, the fish migrate from large rivers and lakes into small streams. Eastern birds may migrate south, but western populations are more often altitudinal migrants, moving from the mountains into nearby lowlands in winter. The study suggests that birds migrating from Siberia to Alaska are unlikely to carry the virus and that few of those birds ultimately fly farther south. These birds migrate from Mexico and, possibly, Central America to breed in the Chiricahua Mountains in the spring. During the fall and spring, many birds migrate along the river valley, and the Kittatinny Ridge is an especially important migratory corridor for raptors. Many of the birds migrating through Washington are on their way to southern South America for the winter. Washington birds appear to migrate east before turning south and migrating across the Gulf of Mexico. Synonyms roam, wander, drift, rove, travel (around), voyage, journey, trek, hike, itinerate, globetrot 1.1 (of a person) move to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions. rural populations have migrated to urban areas Example sentencesExamples And they have poorer mental health than the people in the country they've migrated to. Millions of people have migrated to our shores from just about every point on the globe, often to escape the physical danger and economic oppression of their own lands. Over the past three months, tens of thousands of people have migrated to Gode, the largest town in the Ogaden area. But, if they had migrated to Sweden or Norway, instead of Australia, their footprint would be far lighter. For example, many people migrated to the United States in groups and settled in the same cities as the other members of the group. His father's brother had migrated to Australia many years before and had established a successful fruit and vegetable farm at Ormistom near Cleveland. In recent years hundreds of thousands of rural people have migrated to the cities looking for jobs. Many villages in the regency are devoid of young people as they have all migrated to Medan, Jakarta, Surabaya and other urban areas due to a lack of jobs at home. In places where there is no water for farming, men migrate to urban areas in search of work leaving women behind to fend for the old, and the infirm and the children. Their children migrated to the cities and the parents had to fend for themselves. Second, some families have migrated to the rural backwaters of other states where farms could be purchased at much lower prices. Their women, who did not bind their feet, worked beside them in the fields and often tended the farms while their husbands migrated to the mines or to man ships, burn charcoal, or emigrate. Most residents are retired and many of their children have migrated to Australia. Some people also migrated to cities like Managua. In the struggle to make ends meet, they had migrated to various parts of the country. Most of the farmers migrated to the area in the 1970s, following the paths opened by oil companies. My family migrated to Australia from Scotland in 1970 when I was 7. We have noted that several students have migrated to the US on basketball scholarships. His family migrated to India just before the partition in 1947. In 1950 Ruth and her British husband George migrated to New Zealand. Synonyms relocate, resettle, move, move house 2Move from one part of something to another. cells that can form pigment migrate beneath the skin Example sentencesExamples Wood grain PVC is considerably easier on the eye but after a decade the pigment will migrate and turn a greyish colour. Other glycoproteins are thought to act during development to aid cells as they migrate to their proper location in the body. When an electric field is applied, the white particles will migrate towards the positive charge. As a result, the fragments migrate down the gel in various distances. This prevents the chromophore from migrating within the polymer while simultaneously improving the efficiency of energy transfer to the chromophore. A protein in one solution might carry a positive charge in a particular medium and migrate toward the negative end of the matrix. The lateral fluidity of the membrane allows oppositely charged lipids to migrate toward the adsorption domain to minimize the interaction free energy. Soft microenvironments could be selected during the process of gelation as inert particles migrate through the forming gel. Too high a concentration is undesirable because unused methanol migrates through the electrolyte to the cathode. We want a system that does not allow ions (salts and corrosion products) to migrate through the coating. However, the efficiency of this process is low because the positive charge from the guanine radical cation also migrates to the solvent. There is some evidence that the phthalates in PVC can migrate into food, especially if the food is fatty or hot. We eventually migrated to a narrow, cobbled alleyway, an archaic space crammed with smartly dressed young people, the overflow from several dimly lit bars. When an electric current is passed through this molten mixture, the aluminum ions migrate to the cathode, where they are reduced to metal. They demonstrated that DNA of cells embedded in a low-melting agarose microgel on microscope slides migrates in an electrophoretic field in a pattern determined by the extent of DNA damage. This can result in the filter migrating into and degrading the plastic - while also reducing the potency of the formulation left behind. When ice recrystallizes, water molecules migrate from smaller crystals to larger ones, thus increasing both crystal size and the probability of injury to the tissues. Charged colloidal particles will migrate in an applied electric field, a process called electrophoresis. Certain cells, such as fibroblasts - cells responsible for producing extracellular matrix in wound healing and tissue remodelling - will migrate along the tracks. The lipid was found to migrate as a single spot under thin layer chromatography. Synonyms relocate, resettle, move, move house 3Computing Change or cause to change from one system to another. no object customers are migrating from mainframes to client-server environments with object save time by efficiently migrating data to secondary storage systems Example sentencesExamples For many current DDS users, however, migrating to an MT-based system would be an excellent choice. Stalker realizes many users will be migrating from another system, such as an IMAP or POP server. When TMC went out of business, users had to migrate to different systems that had less sophisticated software as well as different hardware architecture. He added that MIS is seeing more demand from users wishing to migrate from Windows-based Web server to Unix-based systems because of security concerns. After all, StarOffice is free, and is more about getting computer users to migrate from Windows than anything else. 3.1with object Transfer (programs or hardware) from one system to another. the system will allow users to migrate applications across environments Example sentencesExamples These days, every industry from pharmaceuticals to human resources has migrated their complex systems to the online environment. Smaller software vendors in particular said they were unable to migrate applications to Linux, simply because they lack open source knowledge. And lo and behold, Oracle has a major U2 software house migrating all of its applications to Oracle. The market seems to approve: handset manufacturers including Nokia, Sendo and Sony Ericsson have said they will migrate their signing programs to Symbian Signed. The interface was designed carefully so that it can be kept stable while migrating the application. Derivatives migrator noun mʌɪˈɡreɪtəˈmʌɪˌɡreɪtəˈmaɪˌɡreɪdər The flora is composed of ecologically plastic species that were successful migrators from the Atlantic forest. Example sentencesExamples They are vertical daily migrators, following plankton populations. Interviews suggest that the fullest migrators tend to be long-time Windows developers with a need to keep up with all of the latest bells-and-whistles. Below normal precipitation in 2002 and the resulting shift in available water and herbage has created some concern among conservationists for migrators, such as the Sandhill cranes shown here. Perhaps the most renowned migrator in the bird kingdom is the Arctic Tern (right). Origin Early 17th century (in the general sense 'move from one place to another'): from Latin migrat- 'moved, shifted', from the verb migrare. The word migrate was initially a general word for ‘move from one place to another’. It comes from Latin migrare ‘to move, shift’. People could immigrate from the early 17th century, but emigrants only appeared in the mid 18th century. Rhymes abate, ablate, aerate, ait, await, backdate, bait, bate, berate, castrate, collate, conflate, crate, create, cremate, date, deflate, dictate, dilate, distraite, donate, downstate, eight, elate, equate, estate, fate, fête, fixate, freight, frustrate, gait, gate, gestate, gradate, grate, great, gyrate, hate, hydrate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, irate, Kate, Kuwait, lactate, late, locate, lustrate, mandate, mate, misdate, misstate, mistranslate, mutate, narrate, negate, notate, orate, ornate, Pate, placate, plate, prate, prorate, prostrate, pulsate, pupate, quadrate, rate, rotate, sate, sedate, serrate, short weight, skate, slate, spate, spectate, spruit, stagnate, state, straight, strait, Tate, tête-à-tête, Thwaite, translate, translocate, transmigrate, truncate, underrate, understate, underweight, update, uprate, upstate, up-to-date, vacate, vibrate, wait, weight Definition of migrate in US English: migrate verbˈmīˌɡrātˈmaɪˌɡreɪt [no object] 1(of an animal, typically a bird or fish) move from one region or habitat to another according to the seasons. as autumn arrives, the birds migrate south Example sentencesExamples In fall the birds migrate south, many of them to the Extremadura region in central Spain, where they winter in huge flocks. Eastern birds may migrate south, but western populations are more often altitudinal migrants, moving from the mountains into nearby lowlands in winter. In eastern Washington, most birds migrate south in the fall to locations throughout the southwestern United States and central Mexico. Many birds migrate, and many of the world's frogs, lizards, and snakes lie low during cooler periods of the year. During the fall and spring, many birds migrate along the river valley, and the Kittatinny Ridge is an especially important migratory corridor for raptors. Federal officials warn that the first case of bird flu could show up in the United States in the coming weeks or months as birds migrate from overseas. During the harsh winter months, approximately 120 different species of bird migrate southwards. In recent years genetic data has suggested that some male great white sharks migrate between South Africa and Australia. The study suggests that birds migrating from Siberia to Alaska are unlikely to carry the virus and that few of those birds ultimately fly farther south. In eastern North America, over two-thirds of breeding bird species migrate. To spawn, the fish migrate from large rivers and lakes into small streams. Similarly, heart rate, wingbeat frequency, and respiration of birds flying in wind tunnels can now be compared to that of birds migrating in the wild. In the fall, Bermuda is a rest stop for birds migrating from Canada to South America. Many of the birds migrating through Washington are on their way to southern South America for the winter. Washington birds appear to migrate east before turning south and migrating across the Gulf of Mexico. Many native species migrate across the region, yet nobody can say for certain whether a 20m wide wildlife corridor is sufficient or inadequate for them. All the previous birds have migrated independently after their first year. These birds migrate from Mexico and, possibly, Central America to breed in the Chiricahua Mountains in the spring. The birds migrate to tropical forests for the winter. Magnetic cues, which help many bird species migrate, appear to be particularly important to Bobolinks. Synonyms roam, wander, drift, rove, travel, travel around, voyage, journey, trek, hike, itinerate, globetrot 1.1 (of a person) move to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions. rural populations have migrated to urban areas Example sentencesExamples His father's brother had migrated to Australia many years before and had established a successful fruit and vegetable farm at Ormistom near Cleveland. In the struggle to make ends meet, they had migrated to various parts of the country. Over the past three months, tens of thousands of people have migrated to Gode, the largest town in the Ogaden area. In 1950 Ruth and her British husband George migrated to New Zealand. Most of the farmers migrated to the area in the 1970s, following the paths opened by oil companies. Second, some families have migrated to the rural backwaters of other states where farms could be purchased at much lower prices. Most residents are retired and many of their children have migrated to Australia. Their children migrated to the cities and the parents had to fend for themselves. In places where there is no water for farming, men migrate to urban areas in search of work leaving women behind to fend for the old, and the infirm and the children. For example, many people migrated to the United States in groups and settled in the same cities as the other members of the group. Many villages in the regency are devoid of young people as they have all migrated to Medan, Jakarta, Surabaya and other urban areas due to a lack of jobs at home. Some people also migrated to cities like Managua. In recent years hundreds of thousands of rural people have migrated to the cities looking for jobs. His family migrated to India just before the partition in 1947. Their women, who did not bind their feet, worked beside them in the fields and often tended the farms while their husbands migrated to the mines or to man ships, burn charcoal, or emigrate. But, if they had migrated to Sweden or Norway, instead of Australia, their footprint would be far lighter. Millions of people have migrated to our shores from just about every point on the globe, often to escape the physical danger and economic oppression of their own lands. My family migrated to Australia from Scotland in 1970 when I was 7. We have noted that several students have migrated to the US on basketball scholarships. And they have poorer mental health than the people in the country they've migrated to. Synonyms relocate, resettle, move, move house 2Move from one part of something to another. cells that can form pigment migrate beneath the skin Example sentencesExamples This prevents the chromophore from migrating within the polymer while simultaneously improving the efficiency of energy transfer to the chromophore. Other glycoproteins are thought to act during development to aid cells as they migrate to their proper location in the body. This can result in the filter migrating into and degrading the plastic - while also reducing the potency of the formulation left behind. The lipid was found to migrate as a single spot under thin layer chromatography. Charged colloidal particles will migrate in an applied electric field, a process called electrophoresis. As a result, the fragments migrate down the gel in various distances. When ice recrystallizes, water molecules migrate from smaller crystals to larger ones, thus increasing both crystal size and the probability of injury to the tissues. A protein in one solution might carry a positive charge in a particular medium and migrate toward the negative end of the matrix. They demonstrated that DNA of cells embedded in a low-melting agarose microgel on microscope slides migrates in an electrophoretic field in a pattern determined by the extent of DNA damage. Wood grain PVC is considerably easier on the eye but after a decade the pigment will migrate and turn a greyish colour. Too high a concentration is undesirable because unused methanol migrates through the electrolyte to the cathode. Certain cells, such as fibroblasts - cells responsible for producing extracellular matrix in wound healing and tissue remodelling - will migrate along the tracks. There is some evidence that the phthalates in PVC can migrate into food, especially if the food is fatty or hot. The lateral fluidity of the membrane allows oppositely charged lipids to migrate toward the adsorption domain to minimize the interaction free energy. We eventually migrated to a narrow, cobbled alleyway, an archaic space crammed with smartly dressed young people, the overflow from several dimly lit bars. When an electric current is passed through this molten mixture, the aluminum ions migrate to the cathode, where they are reduced to metal. However, the efficiency of this process is low because the positive charge from the guanine radical cation also migrates to the solvent. When an electric field is applied, the white particles will migrate towards the positive charge. Soft microenvironments could be selected during the process of gelation as inert particles migrate through the forming gel. We want a system that does not allow ions (salts and corrosion products) to migrate through the coating. Synonyms relocate, resettle, move, move house 3Computing Change or cause to change from one system to another. no object customers are migrating from mainframes to client-server environments with object save time by efficiently migrating data to secondary storage systems Example sentencesExamples After all, StarOffice is free, and is more about getting computer users to migrate from Windows than anything else. He added that MIS is seeing more demand from users wishing to migrate from Windows-based Web server to Unix-based systems because of security concerns. For many current DDS users, however, migrating to an MT-based system would be an excellent choice. Stalker realizes many users will be migrating from another system, such as an IMAP or POP server. When TMC went out of business, users had to migrate to different systems that had less sophisticated software as well as different hardware architecture. 3.1with object Transfer (programs or hardware) from one system to another. the system will allow users to migrate applications across environments Example sentencesExamples And lo and behold, Oracle has a major U2 software house migrating all of its applications to Oracle. The interface was designed carefully so that it can be kept stable while migrating the application. The market seems to approve: handset manufacturers including Nokia, Sendo and Sony Ericsson have said they will migrate their signing programs to Symbian Signed. Smaller software vendors in particular said they were unable to migrate applications to Linux, simply because they lack open source knowledge. These days, every industry from pharmaceuticals to human resources has migrated their complex systems to the online environment. Origin Early 17th century (in the general sense ‘move from one place to another’): from Latin migrat- ‘moved, shifted’, from the verb migrare.
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