migrateverb
uk/maɪˈɡreɪt/us/ˈmaɪ.ɡreɪt/migrate verb (TRAVEL/MOVE)
[ I ] When an animal migrates, it travels to a different place, usually when the season changes:
These animals migrate annually in search of food.
In September, these birds migrate 2,000 miles south to a warmer climate.
[ I ] If people migrate, they travel in large numbers to a new place to live temporarily:
Mexican farm workers migrate into the US each year to find work at harvest time.
[ I ] to move from one place to another:
Trade has migrated from local shops to the larger chain stores.
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Animal (non-human) behaviour
- accidental
- eusocial
- fledge
- frisk
- lap
- maul
- migrant
- mob
- molt
- nest
- nuzzle
- perch
- prey
- ruminate
- scratch
- shy
- skitter
- slaver 1
- torpor
- trot
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Changing homes & moving
Departing
migrate verb (COMPUTING)
[ I or T ] specialized computing to begin using a new computer system, or to move information from one type of system to another:
Migrating to Windows XP shouldn't cause you any problems.
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Computer concepts
- aeroplane mode
- airplane mode
- atomicity
- augmented reality
- back end
- blogosphere
- clone
- cloud
- corruption
- default to sth
- electronic
- gigabyte
- multimedia
- reboot
- template
- tuple
- virtual
- virtually
- web hosting
- what you see is what you get idiom
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migration
noun [ C or U ] uk/maɪˈɡreɪ.ʃən/us/maɪˈɡreɪ.ʃən/
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There was a mass migration of poverty-struck farmers into the cities.
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immigration
emigration (emigrate)
migratory
adjective uk/ˈmaɪ.ɡrə.tər.i//maɪˈɡreɪ.tər.i/us/ˈmaɪ.ɡrə.tɔːr.i/
migratory birds