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verb

migrate

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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 notes

In 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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Geese _____ south for the winter.

Etymology

From Latin migratus, the past participle of migrare ("to move, shift, transport").

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