English Explanatory Dictionary

migration

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
  2. Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.
  3. Movement in general.
  4. Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.
  5. The movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations.

Pronunciation

/maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-migration.wav

Word forms

migration migrations

Etymology

From Middle French migration and its source, Latin migrātiō, from the participle stem of migrō (“to migrate”). Morphologically migrate + -ion.

Related words

emigration immigration inmigration in-migration migrant migrate migratory outmigration out-migration porting

Derived words

abmigration antimigration chain migration chemomigration climigration comigration countermigration cybermigration ecomigration eco-migration electromigration e-migration endomigration hypermigration intermigration internal migration interregional migration intraregional migration Lessepsian migration loop migration mass migration migrational migrationism migrationist mismigration net migration neuromigration nonmigration overmigration palaeomigration postmigration premigration relay migration remigration stepwise migration time migration
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