migration

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
2. (countable, uncountable) Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.
3. (countable, uncountable) Movement in general.
4. (countable, uncountable) Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.
5. (countable, uncountable) The movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations.

Synonyms

immigration

move

emigration

wandering

migrate

transmigration

shift

removal

movement

displacement

transfer

moving

resettlement

population mobility

travel

exodus

going abroad

passage

peregrination

pilgrimage

remove

removing

riding

shifting

space

transfection

transferring

transplant

transportation

traveling

trek

walkabout

wayfaring

switching over to

displase

moving company

out-migration

division of words

division into syllables

translation

overrun line

carryover

departure

Diaspora

drift

evacuation

excursion

exile

flit

hike

Translations

migration

migración

migrazione

Migration

migração

Wanderung

migratie

μετανάστευση

emigración

migració

هجرة

αποδημία

émigration

emigrazione

Pronounced as (IPA)

/maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/

Etymology

From Middle French migration and its source, Latin migrātiō, from the participle stem of migrō (“I migrate”). Morphologically migrate + -ion.

Sentences

By generating further immigration , migration leads to its own cumulative causation over time .