migrate - 'Migrate' implies long-distance movement, often seasonal or driven by necessity, birds migrate, people migrate, data migrates.
relocate - 'Relocate' is formal and usually refers to changing where someone lives or a business operates, a planned, permanent move.
shift - 'Shift' implies a lateral or gradual change in position, subtler and more controlled than a full 'move.'
transfer - 'Transfer' means moving something from one place or person to another, it implies a handoff, not just locomotion.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

13 relation types

More general

27 entries

act advise affect alter bear on bear upon cause change conclusion decision determination do impact impress live

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More specific

43 entries

Kirby move Pachner move Reidemeister move book move burrow camera move career-limiting move climb clock move countermove crawl creep dance move dick move drive engine move

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Antonyms

26 entries

be still easy easy one idle lay lay still put sit sit still stand stand still standing standing still static stationary

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Synonyms

43 entries

act act upon actuate affect agitate awaken be active bring forward budge change residence determine dislodge go impel impress incense

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derived

117 entries

CHAdeMO angels moving the furniture anything that moves bust a move café de move-on comove down to every move on the board earth-moving ever-moving faith can move mountains faith will move mountains fast-moving fifty-move rule foremove get a move on get moving

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distinct from

9 entries

rest sedentary stand static stationary stay staying still stop

entails

1 entries

play

etymologically related_to

1 entries

muff

has context

5 entries

and other games board games chess game law

is a

3 entries

change decision turn

manner of

5 entries

affect change live propose sell

related to

226 entries

achieve act action activity address aid animal another another house apartment apartment departure appeal apply arouse assembly attainment

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similar

15 entries

actuate affect come to displace go hit impress incite locomote make a motion motivate prompt propel strike travel

Translations

662 translations across 123 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

beweeg verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Albanian

4 entries

lëvizje noun (an act for the attainment of an object or purpose)
lëvizje noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
shpërngulje noun (the event of changing one's residence)
luj verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

κινέομαι verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
κινέω verb (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion)
κινῶ verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Arabic

4 entries

اَتْحَرَّك verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
اِنْتَقَلَ verb (to change residence)
تحرك verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
تَحَرَّكَ verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Aragonese

1 entries

mover verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Armenian

4 entries

քայլ noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
շարժել verb ((transitive) to change the place of something)
շարժել verb (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion)
շարժել verb (to transfer from one space or position to another)

Aromanian

1 entries

mut verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Assamese

1 entries

চলা verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Asturian

4 entries

mudanza noun (the event of changing one's residence)
emocionar verb (to arouse the feelings or passions of)
mover verb (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion)
movese verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Aymara

1 entries

unuqaña verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

hərəkət etmək verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
köçmək verb (to change residence)
tərpənmək verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
əritmək verb (to sell)

Basque

2 entries

mugitu verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
mugitu verb (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion)

Belarusian

4 entries

ход noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
дзе́йнічаць verb (to act; to take action)
перае́хаць verb (to change residence)
пераязджа́ць verb (to change residence)

Bengali

1 entries

চলা verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Breton

1 entries

fiñval verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Bulgarian

4 entries

преместване noun (the event of changing one's residence)
ход noun (an act for the attainment of an object or purpose)
дви́жа verb (to transfer from one space or position to another)
дви́жа се verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Burmese

2 entries

ကူးပြောင်း verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
လှုပ်ရှား verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Catalan

4 entries

mudament noun (the event of changing one's residence)
mudança noun (the event of changing one's residence)
commoure verb (to arouse the feelings or passions of)
emocionar verb (to arouse the feelings or passions of)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

بار کردن verb (to change residence)
جولاندن verb ((transitive) to change the place of something)

Cherokee

3 entries

ᎠᎲᎠ verb ((transitive) to change the place of something)
ᎠᎵᏖᎸᎲᏍᎦ verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
ᎠᏓᏅᎠ verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

喐 verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
感動 /感动 verb (to arouse the feelings or passions of)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

下 noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
搬家 noun (the event of changing one's residence)
動 /动 verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
動 /动 verb ((transitive) to change the place of something)

Czech

4 entries

stěhování noun (the event of changing one's residence)
tah noun (an act for the attainment of an object or purpose)
tah noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
dojmout verb (to arouse the feelings or passions of)

Dalmatian

2 entries

moitur verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
mugro verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Danish

4 entries

flytning noun (the event of changing one's residence)
skridt noun (an act for the attainment of an object or purpose)
træk noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
bevæge verb (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion)

Dutch

4 entries

maatregel noun (an act for the attainment of an object or purpose)
stap noun (an act for the attainment of an object or purpose)
verhuizing noun (the event of changing one's residence)
zet noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)

Esperanto

4 entries

transloĝiĝo noun (the event of changing one's residence)
emocii verb (to arouse the feelings or passions of)
movi verb (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion)
moviĝi verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Estonian

4 entries

käik noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
kolima verb (to change residence)
käima verb ((transitive) to change the place of something)
liigutama verb (to arouse the feelings or passions of)

Farefare

2 entries

bike verb ((transitive) to change the place of something)
teem verb ((transitive) to change the place of something)

Faroese

2 entries

flyta verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
flyta seg verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Finnish

4 entries

askel noun (an act for the attainment of an object or purpose)
liikahdus noun (an act for the attainment of an object or purpose)
muutto noun (the event of changing one's residence)
peliliike noun (change strategy)

French

4 entries

coup noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
déménagement noun (the event of changing one's residence)
déplacer noun (linguistics: syntactic operation)
mouvement noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)

Friulian

2 entries

movi verb ((transitive) to change the place of something)
movisi verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Galician

4 entries

mudanza noun (the event of changing one's residence)
emocionar verb (to arouse the feelings or passions of)
mover verb (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion)
moverse verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

German

4 entries

Spielzug noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
Umzug noun (the event of changing one's residence)
Zug noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
bewegen verb ((transitive) to change the place of something)

Greek

4 entries

κίνηση noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
μετακόμιση noun (the event of changing one's residence)
κινώ verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
μετακομίζω verb (to change residence)

Greenlandic

1 entries

aalavoq verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Gujarati

2 entries

ખસવું verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
ખસવું verb (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion)

Hawaiian

2 entries

neʻe verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
niau verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Hebrew

4 entries

מהלך noun (an act for the attainment of an object or purpose)
מהלך בשחמט noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
מעבר דירה noun (the event of changing one's residence)
פעולה noun (an act for the attainment of an object or purpose)

Hindi

1 entries

चलना verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Hungarian

4 entries

lépés noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
elhurcolkodik verb (to change residence)
elköltözik verb (to change residence)
elköltözködik verb (to change residence)

Icelandic

4 entries

flytja verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
flytja verb (to change residence)
flytja verb (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion)
flytja verb (to transfer from one space or position to another)

Ido

4 entries

stroko noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
des-plas-izar verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
diplasar verb (to change residence)
emocigar verb (to arouse the feelings or passions of)

Igbo

1 entries

gawa verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Indonesian

2 entries

pindah verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
pindah verb (to change residence)

Ingrian

2 entries

liikkua verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
liikuttaa verb (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion)

Interlingua

2 entries

mover verb (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion)
mover se verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Irish

1 entries

bog verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Italian

4 entries

cambiamento noun (change strategy)
cambio noun (change strategy)
mossa noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
passo noun (an act for the attainment of an object or purpose)

Japanese

4 entries

動き noun (an act for the attainment of an object or purpose)
引っ越し noun (the event of changing one's residence)
手 noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
転居 noun (the event of changing one's residence)

Jeju

4 entries

오멍ᄒᆞ다 verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
오목거리다 verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
웬기다 verb (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion)
웽기다 verb (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries

anda verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Kazakh

4 entries

жүріс noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
жылжу verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
көшу verb (to change residence)
қозғалу verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Khmer

4 entries

គ្រវី verb (to act; to take action)
ធ្វើចលនា verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
ផ្លាស់ទី verb (to transfer from one space or position to another)
ផ្លាស់ទី verb (to excite to action)

Kituba

2 entries

kuningana verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
ningana verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Korean

4 entries

이사 noun (the event of changing one's residence)
옮기다 verb (to change residence)
옮기다 verb (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion)
움직이다 verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Kyrgyz

4 entries

жылуу verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
жүрүү verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
козголуу verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
козгоо verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Lao

1 entries

ຂ່ຽນ verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Latin

3 entries

migratio noun (the event of changing one's residence)
migrō verb (to change residence)
moveo verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Latvian

2 entries

kustināt verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
pārvietot verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Lingala

2 entries

koningisa verb ((transitive) to change the place of something)
ningana verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Lithuanian

1 entries

judėti verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Lombard

2 entries

möves verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
mœuv verb ((transitive) to change the place of something)

Low German

2 entries

bewegen verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
sich bewegen verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

gibaś verb (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion)
gibaś se verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

bougéieren verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Macedonian

3 entries

пресели verb (to change residence)
преселува verb (to change residence)
се движи verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Malay

2 entries

alih verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
اليه verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Malayalam

1 entries

ചലിക്കുക verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Maltese

1 entries

ċaqlaq verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Manx

2 entries

gleash verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
scugh verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Marathi

1 entries

चालने verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Middle English

1 entries

translaten verb (to transfer from one space or position to another)

Middle Korean

1 entries

뮈〯다〮 verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Moore

1 entries

toeem zĩlga verb ((transitive) to change the place of something)

Māori

4 entries

hūnuku verb (to change residence)
mōtini verb (to propose; to recommend)
mū verb ((transitive) to change the place of something)
neke verb (to change residence)

Nahuatl

1 entries

nekalpatlalistli noun (the event of changing one's residence)

Neapolitan

1 entries

carrià verb (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion)

Nepali

1 entries

चल्नु verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Ngazidja Comorian

2 entries

uhamia verb (to change residence)
utsongeza verb (to excite to action)

Norman

2 entries

bouogi verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
bouogi verb ((transitive) to change the place of something)

Northern Sami

2 entries

fárret verb (to change residence)
sirdit verb (to transfer from one space or position to another)

Norwegian

1 entries

trekk noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

flytting noun (the event of changing one's residence)
flytte verb (to change residence)
flytte verb ((transitive) to change the place of something)
flytte verb (to transfer from one space or position to another)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

flytting noun (the event of changing one's residence)
flytta verb (to change residence)
flytta verb ((transitive) to change the place of something)
flytta verb (to transfer from one space or position to another)

Occitan

3 entries

emocionar verb (to arouse the feelings or passions of)
mòure verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
mòver verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Old English

4 entries

styrian verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
styrian verb (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion)
styrian verb (to excite to action)
styrian verb (to arouse the feelings or passions of)

Persian

4 entries

اسبابکشی noun (the event of changing one's residence)
جنبیدن verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
جنبیدن verb (to act; to take action)
حرکت کردن verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Polish

4 entries

posunięcie noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
przeprowadzka noun (the event of changing one's residence)
ruch noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
zagrywka noun (change strategy)

Portuguese

4 entries

jogada noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
lance noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
mexida noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
mover noun (linguistics: syntactic operation)

Quechua

1 entries

ayway verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Romanian

4 entries

mișcare noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
mutare noun (the event of changing one's residence)
mutare noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
actiona verb (to act; to take action)

Romansch

2 entries

midar verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
mover verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Russian

4 entries

перее́зд noun (the event of changing one's residence)
переселе́ние noun (the event of changing one's residence)
ход noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
дви́гать verb ((transitive) to change the place of something)

Sanskrit

3 entries

चलति verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
वच्यते verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
सेधति verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Sardinian

4 entries

moere verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
mofere verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
moghere verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
movere verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Scots

3 entries

flittin noun (the event of changing one's residence)
muive verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
muve verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

imrich noun (the event of changing one's residence)
gluais verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
gluais verb (to act; to take action)
gluais verb ((transitive) to change the place of something)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

sèlidba noun (the event of changing one's residence)
krénuti verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
krénuti verb (to transfer from one space or position to another)
krétati verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Slovak

4 entries

hýbať verb (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion)
hýbať sa verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
presťahovať sa verb (to change residence)
sťahovať sa verb (to change residence)

Slovene

4 entries

premakniti se verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
premikati se verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
preseliti se verb (to change residence)
preseljevati se verb (to change residence)

Southern Altai

3 entries

коскоор verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
коскоор verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
кыймыктаар verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Spanish

4 entries

jugada noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
movición noun (change strategy)
movida noun (change strategy)
movimiento noun (linguistics: syntactic operation)

Sundanese

2 entries

alih verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
alih verb (to change residence)

Swahili

4 entries

peleka noun (an act for the attainment of an object or purpose)
peleka noun (the event of changing one's residence)
peleka noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
peleka verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Swedish

4 entries

drag noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
flytt noun (the event of changing one's residence)
flytta verb (to change residence)
flytta verb ((transitive) to change the place of something)

Tagalog

2 entries

gumalaw verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
umandar verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Tajik

1 entries

ҳаракат кардан verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Tamil

4 entries

அடி noun (an act for the attainment of an object or purpose)
நகர்தல் noun (the event of changing one's residence)
நகர்வு noun (change strategy)
நகர்வு noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)

Telugu

3 entries

ఆడు verb (to propose; to recommend)
కదులు verb (to propose; to recommend)
నప్పు verb ((transitive) to change the place of something)

Thai

4 entries

ขยับ verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
ย้าย verb (to change residence)
ลงมือ verb (to act; to take action)
เคลื่อน verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Tigrinya

1 entries

ኣንቀሳቐሰ verb (to transfer from one space or position to another)

Turkish

4 entries

hamle noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
devinmek verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
hareket etmek verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
taşınmak verb (to change residence)

Turkmen

1 entries

hereket etmek verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Ukrainian

4 entries

переїзд noun (the event of changing one's residence)
хід noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
ді́яти verb (to act; to take action)
переї́хати verb (to change residence)

Urdu

1 entries

چلنا verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Uzbek

1 entries

harakatlanmoq verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Vietnamese

1 entries

chuyển động verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

Welsh

2 entries

symud verb (to change residence)
symud tŷ verb (to change residence)

Yiddish

4 entries

אַריבערפֿאָרן verb (to change residence)
אַריבערפֿירן verb (to transfer from one space or position to another)
אַריבערקלײַבן verb (to change residence)
איבערציִען verb (to change residence)

Yoruba

4 entries

gbé verb (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion)
kó lọ verb (to change residence)
lọ verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)
mú verb (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion)

Zazaki

4 entries

hamle noun (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
berden verb (to change residence)
berden verb (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion)
hereket kerden verb ((intransitive) to change place or posture; to go)

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It's your move.

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Don't you move from here.

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Move over a little if you please.

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I move that the meeting adjourn.

Source: tatoeba (19779)

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