migrate

verb

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.

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San Diego’s monarch population doesn’t tend to migrate, Merriman said. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Encinitas nonprofit is saving butterflies," 5 Sep. 2019 Some were fortunate enough to migrate through legal channels, though most faced challenges to that route. — baltimoresun.com, "Letters: Howard redistricting plan fixes nothing; don’t blame ICE for doing its job; and more from readers," 3 Sep. 2019 Under a 2001 agreement between federal and state officials, thousands of bison attempting to migrate to winter feeding grounds outside Yellowstone have been captured and sent to slaughter. — Felicia Fonseca, BostonGlobe.com, "Grand Canyon to make second run at corralling bison herd," 2 Sep. 2019 But Kasich, who was criticized as governor for cuts to the state's local government fund, said large sums of undedicated money can tend to migrate. — Julie Carr Smyth, Cincinnati.com, "John Kasich, Gordon Gee team up to steer opioid settlement cash to hospitals," 22 Aug. 2019 For the past several years, hundreds of thousands of people leaving from the Middle East or Africa have tried to migrate, or find asylum, in Europe. — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, "A stranded migrant rescue ship used its route to send a secret message to the world," 21 Aug. 2019 Nest owners who use IFTTT and choose not to migrate to Google accounts will face some quandaries down the road. — Thomas Ricker, The Verge, "IFTTT warns its Nest users not to migrate to Google accounts," 20 Aug. 2019 While unaccompanied minors are usually depicted as passively accepting their families’ decisions, my research illustrates their active role in choosing whether and when to migrate. — Milena Belloni, Quartz Africa, "Why young Eritreans are going to keep risking deadly migration crossings to Europe," 27 July 2019 Given the fact that pallid-winged grasshoppers tend to migrate following extremely wet winters or springs, Mindy Weisberger writes for Live Science, the insects’ current migration pattern makes sense. — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, "Swarms of Grasshoppers Invading Las Vegas Are Visible on Radar," 27 July 2019

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