verb
migrate
meye-GRAYT
verb
1
To move from one region or country to another, often seasonally or permanently.
"Geese migrate south for the winter."
"Thousands of workers migrate to the city each summer."
2
To move data, software, or systems from one platform to another.
"The company plans to migrate all its files to the cloud."
How to Use Migrate
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo relocate — whether that's birds flying south, people relocating, or data being moved between systems.
Common pairings
migrate south
migrate to the cloud
migrate data
Word Forms
migrated past tense, migrates singular
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Etymology
From Latin migratus, the past participle of migrare ("to move, shift, transport").