Migrate

[maɪ'greɪt;'maɪgreɪt] or ['maɪɡret]

Definition

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) move periodically or seasonally; 'birds migrate in the Winter'; 'The workers migrate to where the crops need harvesting'.

Editor: Robert--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) To remove from one country or region to another, with a view to residence; to change one's place of residence; to remove; as, the Moors who migrated from Africa into Spain; to migrate to the West.

(v. i.) To pass periodically from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding; -- said of certain birds, fishes, and quadrupeds.

Edited by Barton

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. Change residence (from one country to another).

Edited by Josie

Definition

v.i. to pass from one place to another: to remove for residence from one country college &c. to another.—adjs. Mī′grant Mī′grātory migrating or accustomed to migrate: wandering.—ns. Migrā′tion a change of abode: a removal from one country or climate to another: a number removing together; Migrā′tionist Migrā′tor.—Migratory animals animals that remove from one region to another as the seasons change.

Typist: Naomi