migration

noun

Saymy-GRAY-shuhnUS/maɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/UK/maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/

5 meanings of migration

1
nouncountable or uncountable
The act of moving to live in another place for a time.
Like packing up and moving your whole life to a new town.
Many families took part in the great migration to the north.
The migration of workers to the new town happened over many years.
Similarmovement, exodus, relocation, resettlement
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2
nouncountable or uncountable
The seasonal travel of animals like birds or fish between two living areas.
Like birds flying to a warm place for the winter and back again.
The birds begin their migration south every fall.
We watched the great migration of wildebeest across the plain.
Similarjourney, passage, trek
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3
nouncountable or uncountable
The act of moving a computer system or its data from one place to another.
Like moving all your things from an old house into a new one.
The migration to the new server took all weekend.
Our team finished the data migration without losing any files.
Similartransfer, move, transition
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4
noununcountable
The act of moving from one place to another.
The slow migration of sand along the beach changes its shape every year.
Scientists tracked the migration of pollution through the river.
Similarmovement, drift, shift, transfer
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5
noununcountable
The movement of cells in certain directions to reach specific places in the body.
Like tiny workers moving to the exact spot where a building needs repair.
The migration of skin cells helps close a cut.
Doctors study how cell migration repairs damaged tissue.
Similarmovement
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Origin

From Latin migrātiō, from the verb migrō meaning "I migrate". It reached English through Middle French migration.