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migrate

verb mi·grate \ˈmī-ˌgrāt, mī-ˈ\

: to move from one country or place to live or work in another

of a bird or animal : to move from one area to another at different times of the year

mi·grat·edmi·grat·ing

Full Definition of MIGRATE

intransitive verb
1
:  to move from one country, place, or locality to another
2
:  to pass usually periodically from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding
3
:  to change position in an organism or substance <filarial worms migrate within the human body>
mi·gra·tion \mī-ˈgrā-shən\ noun
mi·gra·tion·al \-shnəl, -shə-nəl\ adjective
mi·gra·tor \ˈmī-ˌgrā-tər, mī-ˈ\ noun
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Origin of MIGRATE

Latin migratus, past participle of migrare; perhaps akin to Greek ameibein to change
First Known Use: 1697

Other Ecology Terms

Malthusian, anthropogenic, biomass, carbon footprint, crepuscular, niche, sere, symbiosis, taiga, tundra

Rhymes with MIGRATE

abate, ablate, adnate, aerate, age-mate, agnate, airdate, airfreight, alate, arête, await, backdate, baldpate, bandmate, baseplate, bedmate, bedplate, berate, birthrate, bistate, bite plate, blank slate, blind date, blue plate, bookplate, breastplate, casemate, castrate, caudate, cell plate, cerate, cheapskate, checkmate, chelate, chordate, citrate, classmate, clavate, cognate, collate, comate, conflate, connate, Cook Strait, cordate, create, cremate, crenate, curate, cut-rate, deadweight, death rate, debate, deflate, delate, dentate, derate, dictate, dilate, disrate, donate, doorplate, downstate, drawplate, elate, end plate, equate, estate, faceplate, falcate, fellate, filtrate, first-rate, fishplate, fixate, flatmate, floodgate, fluxgate, flyweight, folate, formate, frustrate, gelate, gestate, ground state, gyrate, hamate, hastate, headgate, Hell Gate, helpmate, home plate, hot plate, housemate, hydrate, ice-skate, inflate, ingrate, inmate, innate, instate, irate, jailbait, Kuwait, lactate, lapse rate, legate, liftgate, ligate, lightweight, liquate, lobate, locate, lunate, lustrate, lych-gate, lyrate, magnate, makebate, makeweight, mandate, messmate, misstate, mutate, nameplate, narrate, negate, Newgate, nitrate, notate, nutate, oblate, of late, orate, ornate, ovate, palmate, palpate, peltate, phonate, pinnate, placate, playdate, playmate, plicate, portrait, postdate, predate, prime rate, probate, prolate, pronate, prorate, prostate, prostrate, punctate, pupate, quadrate, rain date, ramate, rebate, red-bait, relate, restate, roommate, rostrate, rotate, saccate, schoolmate, seatmate, sedate, sensate, septate, serrate, shipmate, short weight, slave state, soleplate, soul mate, spectate, spicate, squamate, stagnate, stalemate, stellate, striate, sublate, substrate, sulcate, summate, tailgate, teammate, Tebet, tenth-rate, ternate, terneplate, testate, third-rate, tinplate, to date, toeplate, tollgate, tractate, translate, tristate, truncate, unweight, update, uprate, upstate, V-8, vacate, vallate, valvate, vibrate, virgate, vulgate, whitebait, workmate
MIGRATE Defined for Kids

migrate

verb mi·grate \ˈmī-ˌgrāt\
mi·grat·edmi·grat·ing

Definition of MIGRATE for Kids

1
:  to move from one country or region to another <Families migrated west in search of work.>
2
:  to pass from one region to another on a regular basis <Many birds migrate south for the winter.>
Medical Dictionary

migrate

intransitive verb mi·grate \ˈmī-ˌgrāt, mī-ˈ\
mi·grat·edmi·grat·ing

Medical Definition of MIGRATE

:  to move from one place to another: as a :  to move from one site to another in a host organism especially as part of a life cycle <filarial worms migrate within the human body> b of an atom or group :  to shift position within a molecule
mi·gra·to·ry \ˈmī-grə-ˌtōr-ē, -ˌtr-\ adjective

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