What does migration mean?

Definitions for migration
maɪˈgreɪ ʃənmi·gra·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. migrationnoun

    the movement of persons from one country or locality to another

  2. migrationnoun

    a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period)

  3. migrationnoun

    (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule

  4. migrationnoun

    the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding

Wiktionary

  1. migrationnoun

    moving a place to live to another place for a while

  2. migrationnoun

    seasonal moving for animals, birds or fishes to breed or find a new home

  3. migrationnoun

    changing a platform from an environment to another one

  4. Etymology: From migration and its source, migratio, from the participle stem of migrare.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Migrationnoun

    Act of changing place.

    Etymology: migratio, migre, Lat.

    Aristotle distinguisheth their times of generation, latitancy, and migration, sanity, and venation. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

    Although such alterations, transitions, migrations of the centre of gravity, and elevations of new islands, had actually happened, yet these shells could never have been reposed thereby in the manner we find them. John Woodward, Nat. Hist.

ChatGPT

  1. migration

    Migration refers to the movement of individuals or groups from one place to another, often driven by factors such as economic circumstances, political instability, or environmental conditions. This movement can be within a country (internal migration) or between countries (international migration), and can be temporary or permanent. Migration can also refer to seasonal movement of animals from one region to another for feeding or reproduction.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Migrationnoun

    the act of migrating

  2. Etymology: [L. migratio: cf. F. migration.]

British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'migration' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2563

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'migration' in Nouns Frequency: #2389

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of migration in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of migration in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of migration in a Sentence

  1. Hillary Clinton:

    Taking action to protect our planet is a public health decision for clean air and clean water for our children, an economic decision for creating the green, good-paying jobs of the future, a national security decision to address resource competition and climate migration and also a moral decision to be good stewards of God's creation and pass a sustainable, healthy planet to the next generation.

  2. Frans Timmermans:

    I'm calling on all member states to work with the Commission to find comprehensive solutions to better manage migration. We are all in this together.

  3. Angela Merkel:

    It is my deep conviction that the migration question decides whether Europe will last.

  4. The Census Bureau:

    In January 2015, the U.S. is expected to experience a birth every eight seconds and one death every 12 seconds. Meanwhile, net international migration is expected to add one person to the U.S. population every 33 seconds.

  5. Central American:

    The three detainees were traveling illegally and were sent to the national migration institute offices, there were presumably headed to the United States.

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