migrate

verb

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mi·grate | \ ˈmī-ˌgrāt

, mī-ˈgrāt

migrated; migrating

Definition of migrate

intransitive verb

1 : to move from one country, place, or locality to another Thousands of workers migrate to this area in the summer.

2 : to pass usually periodically from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding The whales migrate between their feeding ground in the north and their breeding ground in the Caribbean.

3 : to change position or location in an organism or substance filarial worms migrate within the human body

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Examples of migrate in a Sentence

He migrates from New York to Florida each winter. Thousands of workers migrate to this area each summer. The whales migrate between their feeding ground in the north and their breeding ground in the Caribbean. They followed the migrating herds of buffalo across the plains.

Recent Examples on the Web But the late summer generation of monarchs that migrate to Mexico live about nine months, said Champagne. — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2021 Unlike eastern populations of monarchs that migrate to warmer forests in the mountains of Mexico, monarchs west of the Rockies mostly journey to coastal locations in California each winter. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2021 Particulate matter contains microscopic solids or liquid droplets that can migrate deep into the lungs and cause serious health problems, according to the EPA. — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 5 June 2021 Yet many arriving Tuesday were sub-Saharan Africans who often migrate to flee poverty or violence at home. — Renata Brito And Aritz Parra, USA TODAY, 18 May 2021 Yet many arriving Tuesday were sub-Saharan Africans who often migrate to flee poverty or violence at home. — Ranata Brito, Anchorage Daily News, 18 May 2021 Canadian scientists found that in the 2018-2019 winter, bowhead whales that typically migrate from the frigid waters in the Beaufort Sea and Amundsen Gulf decided to stay put, instead of swimming south. — James Hookway, WSJ, 16 May 2021 The refuges, nicknamed the Everglades of the West, support up to 80% of the birds that migrate on the Pacific Flyway. — Fox News, 15 May 2021 The refuges, nicknamed the Everglades of the West, support up to 80 percent of the birds that migrate on the Pacific Flyway. — NBC News, 14 May 2021

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