MIGRATING | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Migrate

Speech Type: Verb

Etymology:

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

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: mʌɪˈɡreɪt
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈmʌɪɡreɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:

(of an animal, typically a bird or fish) move from one region or habitat to another according to the seasons

Short Definition:

(of animal) move from one place to another

Examples:
  • as autumn arrives, the birds migrate south
Definition:

move from one part of something to another

Short Definition:

move from one part to another

Examples:
  • cells that can form pigment migrate beneath the skin
Definition:

change or cause to change from one system to another

Short Definition:

change from one system to another

Examples:
  • customers are migrating from mainframes to client-server environments
  • save time by efficiently migrating data to secondary storage systems

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