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Synonyms for migrate
ˈmaɪ greɪtmi·grate
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
Preposition:
A person emigrates from the land he leaves, and immigrates to the land where he takes up his abode.
Princeton's WordNet
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, reincarnatemigrateverb
move periodically or seasonally
"birds migrate in the Winter"; "The workers migrate to where the crops need harvesting"
Synonyms:
transmigrate
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
migrateverb
Synonyms:
change residence (from one country to another)
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1142 | move | |
#5267 | migration | |
#17379 | migrate | |
#17537 | migrating | |
#25474 | migrated | |
#64851 | emigrate | |
#71511 | migrates | |
#78765 | immigrate | |
#145881 | reincarnate |
How to use migrate in a sentence?
Birds that migrate do occasionally do crazy things: go in the wrong direction, go too far, migrate at the wrong time of year, stuff like that.
So they went to the shorter chain carbons, and you study them, and they do just about the same thing, why would we think that you can make a very minor change in a molecule you are manufacturing and the body wouldn't react in the same way ? Studies also show the newer PFAS chemicals may migrate into food more readily than older forms.
We were well aware of the situation with Mexico and the possibility that jobs would continue to migrate there.
I don't think it's going to be a long-term strike, but I feel like this is... just a glimpse of what's to come, eventually, I think there will come a point where Black people migrate off the app and find other ways to try to grow their account and diversify where they get their income from.
We've been able to migrate here and we're residents ... If UK comes out of the EU, we may be classed as aliens.
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