migrate

9 definitions • 11 examples

When an animal migrates, it travels to a different place, usually when the season changes:

These animals migrate annually in search of food.

In September, these birds migrate 2,000 miles south to a warmer climate.

If people migrate, they travel in large numbers to a new place to live temporarily:

Mexican farm workers migrate into the US each year to find work at harvest time.

to move from one place to another:

Trade has migrated from local shops to the larger chain stores.

to begin using a new computer system, or to move information from one type of system to another:

Migrating to Windows XP shouldn't cause you any problems.

to move from one country or region to another, often temporarily:

Farm workers migrate at harvest time.

In September these birds migrate south.

to travel to a new place or country, usually in order to find work and live there temporarily or permanently:

migrate to Mexican farm workers migrate to the US each year to find work at harvest time.

to move from one place to another:

Trade is migrating from local stores to the larger out-of-town hypermarkets.

to begin, or to make someone begin, using a new computer system:

Migrating to the new version of Windows shouldn't cause you any problems.

to move software or hardware from one computer system to another:

Migrating software can be a tricky and costly undertaking.