English Explanatory Dictionary

migrate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To relocate periodically from one region to another, usually according to the seasons.
  2. To change one's geographic pattern of habitation.
  3. To change habitations across a border; to move from one country or political region to another.
  4. To move slowly towards, usually in groups.
  5. To move gradually, especially from an intended to an unintended position.
  6. To move computer code or files from one computer or network to another.
  7. To induce customers to shift purchases from one set of a company's related products to another.

Pronunciation

/maɪˈɡɹeɪt/ /ˈmaɪ.ɡɹeɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-migrate.wav

Word forms

migrate migrates migrating migrated

Etymology

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin migrātus, perfect passive participle of migrō (“to migrate, change, transport”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Related words

migrant

Derived words

abmigrate comigrate demigrate electromigrated emigrate immigrate migratable migration migrative migrator migratory mismigrate mismigrated nonmigrated nonmigrating outmigrate overmigrate remigrate transmigrate unmigrate unmigrated
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