American English pronunciation
How to pronounce migrate
IPA transcription: ['maɪɡ,ɹeɪt]
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Verb
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move from one country or region to another and settle there
“Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century”
“This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries”
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move periodically or seasonally
“birds migrate in the Winter”
“The workers migrate to where the crops need harvesting”
Usage examples
- We migrated our stuff from Mac OS to Linux.
- They emigrated to the United States, and settled at Hagerstown, Maryland.
- After breeding these birds migrate south to Africa, Australasia or India.
- Many inhabitants emigrated.
- Born in Rhodesia, Goodwin emigrated to Australia as a child.
- William Theophilus, emigrated to Cape Colony.
- The Roma serfs often emigrated to avoid state and private exploitation.
- The Chickasaw migrated into Mississippi.
- Serial founder effects have occurred when populations migrate over long distances.
- His paternal grandfather had emigrated from Switzerland to Italy and his grandmother from Austria.