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Migrate

//maɪˈɡɹeɪt// verb

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Verb

1
To relocate periodically from one region to another, usually according to the seasons. intransitive
"Twice a year the geese migrate — from Florida to Canada and back again."
2
move from one country or region to another and settle there wordnet
3
To change one's geographic pattern of habitation. intransitive
"Many groups had migrated to western Europe from the plains of eastern Europe."
4
move periodically or seasonally wordnet
5
To change habitations across a border; to move from one country or political region to another. intransitive
"To escape persecution, they migrated to a neutral country."

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6
To move slowly towards, usually in groups. intransitive
"Once the hosts started bickering in the kitchens, the guests began to migrate towards the living room."
7
To move gradually, especially from an intended to an unintended position. intransitive
"Oil was able to migrate from the accessory gearbox into the magneto housing through the improperly installed gland seals."
8
To move computer code or files from one computer or network to another. transitive
"They had finished migrating all of the affected code to the production server by 2:00am, three hours later than expected."
9
To induce customers to shift purchases from one set of a company's related products to another. transitive
"We were hoping to migrate the customers of the "C" series to the "E" series and the "E" customers to the "S" series."

Etymology

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin migrātus, perfect passive participle of migrō (“to migrate, change, transport”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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