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An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.
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Movement in general.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The migration of lead from a can to the food inside it can cause lead poisoning.
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Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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The movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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the movement of persons from one country or locality to another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: motion, movement, move
Narrower terms: emigration, out-migration, expatriation, immigration, in-migration, gold rush
the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding
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Broader terms: periodic event, recurrent event
(chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule
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a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period)
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From Middle French migration and its source, Latin migrātiō, from the participle stem of migrō (“to migrate”). Morphologically migrate + -ion.
Across languages
Translations 190 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
migrasie
— moving a place to live to another
Albanian :
shpërngulje
— moving a place to live to another
Albanian :
migrim
— moving a place to live to another
Southern Altai :
кӧчӱш
(köčüš)
— moving a place to live to another
Arabic :
هِجْرَة
(hijra)
— moving a place to live to another
Armenian :
միգրացիա
(migracʻia)
— moving a place to live to another
Armenian :
գաղթ
(gaġtʻ)
— moving a place to live to another
Armenian :
գաղթում
(gaġtʻum)
— moving a place to live to another
Azerbaijani :
miqrasiya
— moving a place to live to another
Azerbaijani :
mühacirət
— moving a place to live to another
Azerbaijani :
hicrət
— moving a place to live to another
Azerbaijani :
köç
— moving a place to live to another
Basque :
migrazio
— moving a place to live to another
Belarusian :
мігра́цыя
(mihrácyja)
— moving a place to live to another
Belarusian :
перасяле́нне
(pjerasjaljénnje)
— moving a place to live to another
Belarusian :
перасяле́ньне
(pjerasjaljénʹnje)
— moving a place to live to another
Bengali :
হিজরত
(hijrot)
— moving a place to live to another
Bengali :
অভিপ্রয়াণ
(obhiproẏan)
— moving a place to live to another
Bulgarian :
пресе́лване
(presélvane)
— moving a place to live to another
Bulgarian :
мигра́ция
(migrácija)
— moving a place to live to another
Burmese :
ရွှေ့ပြောင်းမှု
(hrwe.praung:hmu.)
— moving a place to live to another
Burmese :
ရွှေ့ပြောင်းခြင်း
(hrwe.praung:hkrang:)
— moving a place to live to another
Catalan :
migració
— moving a place to live to another
Chinese Mandarin :
徙動 /徙动
(túdòng)
— moving a place to live to another
Chinese Mandarin :
遷移 /迁移
(qiānyí)
— moving a place to live to another
Czech :
migrace
— moving a place to live to another
Danish :
migration
— moving a place to live to another
Dutch :
migratie
— moving a place to live to another
Esperanto :
migrado
— moving a place to live to another
Estonian :
ränne
— moving a place to live to another
Estonian :
migratsioon
— moving a place to live to another
Finnish :
muutto
— moving a place to live to another
Finnish :
migraatio
— moving a place to live to another
French :
migration
— moving a place to live to another
Galician :
migración
— moving a place to live to another
Georgian :
მიგრაცია
(migracia)
— moving a place to live to another
Georgian :
გადასახლება
(gadasaxleba)
— moving a place to live to another
German :
Wohnsitzwechsel
— moving a place to live to another
German :
Migration
— moving a place to live to another
Greek :
μετανάστευση
(metanástefsi)
— moving a place to live to another
Ancient Greek :
μετανάστασις
(metanástasis)
— moving a place to live to another
Hebrew :
הֲגִירָה
(hagirá)
— moving a place to live to another
Hindi :
प्रवास
(pravās)
— moving a place to live to another
Hindi :
माइग्रेशन
(māigreśan)
— moving a place to live to another
Hindi :
पलायन
(palāyan)
— moving a place to live to another
Hungarian :
migráció
— moving a place to live to another
Hungarian :
vándorlás
— moving a place to live to another
Icelandic :
fólksflutningar
— moving a place to live to another
Indonesian :
migrasi
— moving a place to live to another
Irish :
imirce
— moving a place to live to another
Japanese :
移住
(ijū)
— moving a place to live to another
Kazakh :
миграция
(migrasiä)
— moving a place to live to another
Kazakh :
көші-қон
(köşı-qon)
— moving a place to live to another
Kazakh :
көшу
(köşu)
— moving a place to live to another
Khmer :
ការធ្វើចំណាកស្រុក
(kaa thvəə cɑmnaak srok)
— moving a place to live to another
Khmer :
ចំណាកស្រុក
(cɑmnaak srok)
— moving a place to live to another
Khmer :
ទេសន្តរប្រវេសន៍
(tei sɑntaʼrĕəʼ prɑɑveeh)
— moving a place to live to another
Korean :
이주
(iju)
— moving a place to live to another
Northern Kurdish :
koçberî
— moving a place to live to another
Northern Kurdish :
koç
— moving a place to live to another
Kyrgyz :
миграция
(migratsiya)
— moving a place to live to another
Kyrgyz :
көчүү
(köcüü)
— moving a place to live to another
Lao :
ການອົບພະຍົບ
(kān ʼop pha nyop)
— moving a place to live to another
Latin :
migrātiō
— moving a place to live to another
Latvian :
migrācija
— moving a place to live to another
Latvian :
pārceļošana
— moving a place to live to another
Lithuanian :
migracija
— moving a place to live to another
Low German :
Migratschoon
— moving a place to live to another
Macedonian :
преселба
(preselba)
— moving a place to live to another
Macedonian :
селидба
(selidba)
— moving a place to live to another
Macedonian :
миграција
(migracija)
— moving a place to live to another
Malay :
migrasi
— moving a place to live to another
Malay :
penghijrahan
— moving a place to live to another
Maltese :
migrazzjoni
— moving a place to live to another
Māori :
hekenga
— moving a place to live to another
Mongolian :
нүүдэл
(nüüdel)
— moving a place to live to another
Mongolian :
шилжих хөдөлгөөн
(šilžix xödölgöön)
— moving a place to live to another
Norwegian Bokmål :
migrasjon
— moving a place to live to another
Norwegian Nynorsk :
migrasjon
— moving a place to live to another
Pashto :
مهاجرت
(mohājerát)
— moving a place to live to another
Pashto :
هجرت
(hejrát)
— moving a place to live to another
Iranian Persian :
مُهاجَرَت
(mohâjarat)
— moving a place to live to another
Iranian Persian :
مُهاجِرَت
(mohâjerat)
— moving a place to live to another
Iranian Persian :
هِجْرَت
(hejrat)
— moving a place to live to another
Iranian Persian :
کوچ
(kuč)
— moving a place to live to another
Polish :
migracja
— moving a place to live to another
Portuguese :
migração
— moving a place to live to another
Romanian :
migrare
— moving a place to live to another
Romanian :
migrație
— moving a place to live to another
Russian :
мигра́ция
(migrácija)
— moving a place to live to another
Russian :
переселе́ние
(pereselénije)
— moving a place to live to another
Scottish Gaelic :
imrich
— moving a place to live to another
Serbo-Croatian :
миграција
— moving a place to live to another
Serbo-Croatian :
сео̀ба
— moving a place to live to another
Serbo-Croatian :
migracija
— moving a place to live to another
Serbo-Croatian :
seòba
— moving a place to live to another
Slovak :
migrácia
— moving a place to live to another
Slovene :
migracija
— moving a place to live to another
Spanish :
migración
— moving a place to live to another
Swedish :
migration
— moving a place to live to another
Tagalog :
ngibambayan
— moving a place to live to another
Tajik :
муҳоҷират
(muhojirat)
— moving a place to live to another
Tajik :
ҳиҷрат
(hijrat)
— moving a place to live to another
Tajik :
кӯчиш
(küčiš)
— moving a place to live to another
Tamil :
இடம்பெயர்தல்
(iṭampeyartal)
— moving a place to live to another
Tamil :
புலம்பெயர்வு
(pulampeyarvu)
— moving a place to live to another
Tamil :
குடிபெயர்தல்
(kuṭipeyartal)
— moving a place to live to another
Telugu :
వలస
(valasa)
— moving a place to live to another
Thai :
อพยพ
(òp-pá-yóp)
— moving a place to live to another
Thai :
การอพยพ
(gaan-òp-pá-yóp)
— moving a place to live to another
Turkish :
migrasyon
— moving a place to live to another
Turkish :
göç
— moving a place to live to another
Turkish :
hicret
— moving a place to live to another
Turkmen :
migrasiýa
— moving a place to live to another
Turkmen :
göçüşlik
— moving a place to live to another
Ukrainian :
мігра́ція
(mihrácija)
— moving a place to live to another
Ukrainian :
пересе́лення
(peresélennja)
— moving a place to live to another
Urdu :
ہِجْرَت
(hijrat)
— moving a place to live to another
Urdu :
مائِگْریشَن
(māigreśan)
— moving a place to live to another
Urdu :
نَقْلِ مَکانِی
(naql-i makānī)
— moving a place to live to another
Urdu :
مُہاجَرَت
(muhājarat)
— moving a place to live to another
Uyghur :
مىگراسىيە
(migrasiye)
— moving a place to live to another
Uyghur :
كۆچۈش
(köchüsh)
— moving a place to live to another
Uzbek :
migratsiya
— moving a place to live to another
Uzbek :
koʻchish
— moving a place to live to another
Vietnamese :
di dân
— moving a place to live to another
Vietnamese :
di cư
— moving a place to live to another
Armenian :
չու
(čʻu)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Belarusian :
мігра́цыя
(mihrácyja)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Bulgarian :
мигра́ция
(migrácija)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Catalan :
migració
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Chinese Mandarin :
洄游
(huíyóu)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Chinese Mandarin :
遷徙 /迁徙
(qiānxǐ)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Dutch :
migratie
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Dutch :
trek
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Finnish :
muutto
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Finnish :
vaellus
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Galician :
migración
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Georgian :
მიმოფრენა
(mimoprena)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Georgian :
გადაფრენა
(gadaprena)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Georgian :
მიგრაცია
(migracia)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
German :
Migration
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
German :
Wanderung
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
German :
Vogelwanderung
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
German :
Vogelzug
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
German :
Vogelstrich
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
German :
Tierwanderung
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Greek :
αποδημία
(apodimía)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Greek :
μετανάστευση
(metanástefsi)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Hindi :
प्रवास
(pravās)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Irish :
imirce
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Japanese :
回遊
(kaiyū)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Japanese :
移動
(idō)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Korean :
이동
(idong)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Korean :
회유
(hoeyu)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Central Kurdish :
کۆچ
(koç)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Northern Kurdish :
koç
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Southern Kurdish :
کووچ
(kûç)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Macedonian :
преселба
(preselba)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Macedonian :
миграција
(migracija)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Norwegian Bokmål :
trekk
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Norwegian Bokmål :
migrasjon
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Norwegian Nynorsk :
trekk
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Norwegian Nynorsk :
migrasjon
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Iranian Persian :
کوچ
(kuč)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Polish :
migracja
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Portuguese :
migração
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Romanian :
migrație
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Russian :
мигра́ция
(migrácija)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Scottish Gaelic :
imrich
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Spanish :
migración
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Swedish :
migration
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Tajik :
кӯчиш
(küčiš)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Tajik :
кӯчидан
(küčidan)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Tamil :
வலசை
(valacai)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Telugu :
వలస
(valasa)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Thai :
อพยพ
(òp-pá-yóp)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Ukrainian :
мігра́ція
(mihrácija)
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Vietnamese :
di cư
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Volapük :
bödatäv
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Volapük :
laudatäv
— seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
Bengali :
হিজরত
(hijrot)
— computing: changing a platform from an environment to another one
Galician :
migración
— computing: changing a platform from an environment to another one
German :
Migration
— computing: changing a platform from an environment to another one
Greek :
μετεγκατάσταση
(metegkatástasi)
— computing: changing a platform from an environment to another one
Japanese :
移行
(ikō)
— computing: changing a platform from an environment to another one
Korean :
이주
(iju)
— computing: changing a platform from an environment to another one
Korean :
이관
(igwan)
— computing: changing a platform from an environment to another one
Russian :
мигра́ция
(migrácija)
— computing: changing a platform from an environment to another one
Swedish :
migration
— computing: changing a platform from an environment to another one
