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   migrate

   /mʌɪˈɡreɪt/

   verb

   • 1. (of an animal, typically a bird or fish) move from one region or habitat to another according to the seasons: "as autumn arrives, the birds migrate south" Similar roamwanderdriftrovetravel (around)voyagejourneytrekhikeitinerateglobetrot
   • ▪ (of a person) move to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions: "rural populations have migrated to urban areas" Similar relocateresettlemovemove houseemigratego abroadgo overseasbe posteddefecttrekpull up stakesinformal:up sticksflitformal:remove
   • 2. move from one part of something to another: "cells that can form pigment migrate beneath the skin" Similar relocateresettlemovemove houseemigratego abroadgo overseasbe posteddefecttrekpull up stakesinformal:up sticksflitformal:remove
   • 3. change or cause to change from one system to another: "customers are migrating from mainframes to client-server environments"
   • ▪ transfer (programs or hardware) from one system to another: "the system will allow users to migrate applications across environments"

   Word Origin early 17th century (in the general sense ‘move from one place to another’): from Latin migrat- ‘moved, shifted’, from the verb migrare.

   Derivatives

   • 1. migrator noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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