Definitions for migration
maɪˈgreɪ ʃənmi·gra·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 5 votes

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. Migrationnoun

   the act of migrating

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

Matched Categories

1. • Chemistry
   • Event
   • Motion
   • People
   • Periodic Event

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

How to pronounce migration?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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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. Mark Morgan:

   Before Title 42 is ended, they're already starting to tell them and use that to exploit the migrants and that's driving the numbers to already increase. I think you’re going to see March close to 200,000 if not over and that’s just talk of Title 42 [ending], what's going to be [the administration's] answer? Their answer isn’t to secure the border or to stem the flow of illegal migration. Mark my words: Their response to this is to get faster at releasing people, and they're already doing it.

2. Di Maio:

   Libya at the moment poses a risk to Europe on migration and also on terrorism, this meeting was supposed to take place in Libya but the security situation there did not allow that, but the EU will upgrade its strategies on Libya from tomorrow.

3. Grzegorz Schetyna:

   The scale of the migration is enormous, so we can't focus - I'm talking about the whole of Europe - on allocating illegal migrants without fighting the causes (of their arrival), we have to think of how to stop the illegal migration. Otherwise (we may have) soon have 3-4 million economic refugees.

4. Prime Minister Viktor Orban:

   The Government regards this premise as unacceptable and regard migration as a bad process that has extremely serious security aspects.

5. Alejandro Mayorkas:

   It is incomprehensible that some states who stand to benefit from these highly effective enforcement measures are seeking to block them and cause more irregular migration at our southern border.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=migration
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Migration
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=migration
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/migration