26984 words

migration

9 definitions • 13 examples
1
the process of animals travelling to a different place, usually when the season changes:

Examples:

Christmas Island is known for its annual migration of 50 million bright red land crabs from the forest to the sea.
Some old roads follow the paths of seasonal animal migrations.
2
the process of people travelling to a new place to live, usually in large numbers:

Examples:

There was a mass migration of poverty-stricken farmers into the cities.
He argues that there are many economic benefits of migration.
3
the process of beginning to use a new computer system, or of moving information from one type of system to another:

Examples:

Thanks for your patience during the migration to the new system.
The processes must include accurate data migration.
4
the process of customers changing to a new service or to a new company that supplies a service:

Examples:

They are assessing the impact of the migration of 6,000 subscribers to DIRECTV Latin America in the third quarter.
5
movement from one region to another and often back again, esp. according to the season of the year:

Examples:

[ U ] She’s interested in bat migration.
6
the process of a person or people travelling to a new place or country, usually in order to find work and live there temporarily or permanently:

Examples:

Higher housing prices will probably slow the migration of workers.
7
the process of moving or being moved from one place to another:

Examples:

Outsourcing involves the migration of jobs to areas with low labour costs.
8
the process of beginning, or of making someone begin, to use a new computer system:

Examples:

They have announced the date for the migration of customers to the new trading system.
9
the process of moving software or hardware from one computer system to another:

Examples:

Our specialty is the migration of software from Windows to Linux (or vice versa).

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