migration

US /maɪˈgreɪʃən/ UK /maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/ See IPA manual

Freq #16640

Meanings

1

noun
The movement of people from one country or area to another to live.

Economic hardship led to a large migration to the cities.
2

noun
The regular seasonal movement of animals, especially birds or fish, from one region to another.

The annual migration of the birds takes them thousands of kilometres south.
3

noun
The act of moving data or systems from one platform to another.

The migration of all the files to the new server took two days.

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Forms intermigrationmigrations

Derived forms abmigrationantimigrationchemomigrationclimigrationcomigrationcountermigrationcybermigratione-migrationeco-migrationecomigrationelectromigrationendomigration

Related forms emigration immigrationin-migrationinmigrationmigrant migrate migratoryout-migrationoutmigrationporting

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migration route
a path regularly followed by migrating birds

Noun + noun

Etymology

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

migration Middle French migrātiō Latin

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# migration

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /maɪˈgreɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
**Frequency rank:** 16640

## Meanings
1. The movement of people from one country or area to another to live.
2. The regular seasonal movement of animals, especially birds or fish, from one region to another.
3. The act of moving data or systems from one platform to another.

## Examples
- Economic hardship led to a large migration to the cities.
- The annual migration of the birds takes them thousands of kilometres south.
- The migration of all the files to the new server took two days.

## Derived Forms
- abmigration
- antimigration
- chemomigration
- climigration
- comigration
- countermigration
- cybermigration
- e-migration
- eco-migration
- ecomigration
- electromigration
- endomigration

## Related Forms
- emigration
- immigration
- in-migration
- inmigration
- migrant
- migrate
- migratory
- out-migration
- outmigration
- porting

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: migration
- Root: migrātiō

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

## AI Etymology
Migration comes from Middle French migration and its source, Latin migrātiō, from the participle stem of migrō (“to migrate”). Morphologically migrate + -ion. In present-day English its meanings include the movement of people from one country or area to another to live, the regular seasonal movement of animals, especially birds or fish, from one region to another, and the act of moving data or systems from one platform to another. The historical chain runs through migration (Middle French) and migrātiō (Latin). Related and derived forms include emigration, immigration, in-migration, and abmigration.

## Topics
- People & Society

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