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:
   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. Susan Elbin:

   When there is more than a thousand or if the birds keep getting lower and lower and you can hear them calling when they migrate or if we find a dead bird.

2. Andrew Selee:

   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.

3. Dan Yparraguirre:

   They will have less access to food and poorer body condition come spring, then when they migrate north they may not make it.

4. Tapas Paul:

   If all the people of the Sundarbans have to migrate, this would be the largest-ever migration in the history of mankind.

5. William Eskridge:

   There is a good shot that this (Supreme Court) ruling will migrate over into the constitutional sphere. So that (means) heightened scrutiny for any discrimination against transgender persons.