migrate

Meaning

1. (intransitive) To relocate periodically from one region to another, usually according to the seasons.
2. (intransitive) To change one's geographic pattern of habitation.
3. (intransitive) To change habitations across a border; to move from one country or political region to another.
4. (intransitive) To move slowly towards, usually in groups.
5. (intransitive) To move gradually, especially from an intended to an unintended position.
6. (transitive) To move computer code or files from one computer or network to another.
7. (transitive) To induce customers to shift purchases from one set of a company's related products to another.

Synonyms

emigrate

move

immigrate

move away

resettle

transmigrate

shift

migration

move house

trek

relocate

travel

pull up stakes

journey

reorganise

roam

settle

switch

transform

transmute

transplant

transportation

transubstantiate

traverse

wander

wander about

alter

pull up stumps

amend

change

colonize

convert

emigrant

emigration

flit

immigrant

migrating

modify

move in

raise up

remove

Translations

émigrer

migrer

wandern

rondtrekken

migrare

zwerven

migrar

trekken

emigrar

migrar

migrar

rondreizen

αποδημώ

μεταναστεύω

migrieren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/maɪ.ˈɡɹeɪt/

Etymology

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin migrātus, perfect passive participle of migrō (“to migrate, change, transport”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).