Migrate

Quick meaning: Migrate is a verb meaning (intransitive) To relocate periodically from one region to another, usually according to the seasons.

Meaning

(intransitive) To relocate periodically from one region to another, usually according to the seasons.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To change one's geographic pattern of habitation.
2. (intransitive) To change habitations across a border; to move from one country or political region to another.
3. (intransitive) To move slowly towards, usually in groups.
4. (intransitive) To move gradually, especially from an intended to an unintended position.
5. (transitive, computing) To move computer code or files from one computer or network to another.
6. (transitive, marketing) To induce customers to shift purchases from one set of a company's related products to another.

Example Sentences

To escape persecution, they migrated to a neutral country.

Twice a year the geese migrate — from Florida to Canada and back again.

Twice a year the Minnesotans migrate from their state to the Gulf of Mexico.

Many groups had migrated to western Europe from the plains of eastern Europe.

Word Forms

• migrates
• migrating
• migrated

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include migratory, immigrate, emigrate, relocate, immigration, transfer.

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