Synonyms for Migrate
ˈmaɪ greɪtmi·grate

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1. migrate

   To migrate is to change one's dwelling-place, usually with the idea of repeated change, or of periodical return; it applies to wandering tribes of men, and to many birds and animals. Emigrate and immigrate carry the idea of a permanent change of residence to some other country or some distant region; the two words are used distinctively of human beings, and apply to the same person and the same act, according to the side from which the action is viewed.

   Synonyms:
   emigrate, immigrate

   Preposition:
   A person emigrates from the land he leaves, and immigrates to the land where he takes up his abode.

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1. migrate, transmigrateverb

   move from one country or region to another and settle there

   "Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century"; "This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries"

   Synonyms:
   migrate, transmigrate, reincarnate

2. migrateverb

   move periodically or seasonally

   "birds migrate in the Winter"; "The workers migrate to where the crops need harvesting"

   Synonyms:
   transmigrate

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1. migrateverb

   Synonyms:
   change residence (from one country to another)

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1. List of paraphrases for "migrate":

   migrated, migrating, emigrate, migrates, migration, immigrate, move

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1. Leonard Lichtenfeld:

   The real question is, if you don’t get all the cancer out, does that leave a place? A sanctuary, if you would, where tumor cells can stay and come back or even migrate to other parts of the body at a later time?

2. Peter Yeo:

   When families feel insecure, it leads to situations where they either migrate or you end up with kids who are separated from their families, young men leaving home at an early age, it's a toxic soup for luring young people into violent extremism and UNFPA's work is a core element in reducing that toxic soup.

3. Andrew Selee:

   Two forces seem to be colliding at the same time, the Biden administration has made it easier for unaccompanied minors and families to enter the country, at the same time that the US economy is also heating up, and that has created incentives for people to try to migrate while they can.

4. Wesley D'Amico:

   Grasshoppers don’t plant.” They migrate after consuming everything that belongs to the other.

5. Joao Paulo Krajewski:

   This is because Dindim stays in Ilha Grande (where Proveta Beach is located) at the same time all other Magellanic penguins are breeding in Patagonia and other islands down South, when these penguins finish breeding and moulting, they migrate and spend months feeding in the sea.