migrate
pronunciation
How to pronounce migrate in British English:
UK [maɪˈɡreɪt]
How to pronounce migrate in American English:
US [ˈmaɪɡreɪt]
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- Verb:
- move from one country or region to another and settle there
- move periodically or seasonally
Word Origin
- migrate
- migrate: see mutate
- migrate (v.)
- 1690s, from Latin migratus, past participle of migrare "to move from one place to another" (see migration). Related: Migrated; migrating.
Example
- 1. Twice a year in the gulf of mexico rays migrate .
- 2. Europeans are unlikely to migrate to escape vat .
- 3. Her trek was twice the normal distance humpbacks migrate .
- 4. Many will migrate to remoter places where land is cheaper and not crowded with city people .
- 5. Many migrate to the west .