Definitions for migrate

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migrate mi·grate

Spelling: [mahy-greyt]

IPA: /ˈmaɪ greɪt/

Migrate is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 257 anagrams from letters in migrate (aegimrt).

Definitions for migrate

verb (used without object)

1. to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate. Antonyms: remain.
2. to pass periodically from one region or climate to another, as certain birds, fishes, and animals:
3. to shift, as from one system, mode of operation, or enterprise to another.
4. Physiology. (of a cell, tissue, etc.) to move from one region of the body to another, as in embryonic development.
5. Chemistry. (of ions) to move toward an electrode during electrolysis. (of atoms within a molecule) to change position.
6. (at British universities) to change or transfer from one college to another.

Origin of migrate

1690-1700; Latin migrātus (past participle of migrāre to move from place to place, change position or abode), equivalent to migrā- verb stem + -tus past participle suffix

Examples for migrate

January and February are also prime months for spotting California gray whales off the coast as they migrate towards Baja.

More regular, and committed market players, tend to migrate to the Erotic Review.

Voters who back Gingrich because they think he is a strong conservative might migrate to Santorum.

Is it any wonder that people, when they have an opportunity, migrate to the city?

Perhaps they migrate to some distant region, where they spawn.

It was September, and the instinct to flock and to migrate was at work among them.

Is it worth it to migrate to Las Vegas, which is said to be welcoming with open arms?

The determination of the two families to migrate made some stir in the town.

He appears to migrate westward daily, and tempt us to follow him.

While politics tend to migrate toward the poles, humanity—and fiction, at its best—huddles in between.