migration
noun OPAL W
/maɪˈɡreɪʃn/
/maɪˈɡreɪʃn/
[uncountable, countable]- the movement every year of large numbers of birds or animals from one place to another
- the seasonal migration of blue whales
- the migration routes of birds
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- seasonal
- autumn
- fall
- …
- wave
- occur
- take place
- increase
- …
- path
- pattern
- route
- …
- migration from
- migration to
- migration (from…) (to…) the movement of people to a new country or area in order to find work or better living conditions
- migration from rural to urban areas
- It was one of the largest mass migrations in US history.
- Net migration— more people moving to the state than leaving—accounts for about two thirds of the population gain.
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesc1- The decline of the rural economy has caused urban migration.
- the forced migration of African slaves
- the great waves of migration that took Europeans to the New World
- the act of moving programs, etc. from one computer system to another; the fact of changing from one computer system to another