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migrate

Pronunciation: /mʌɪˈgreɪt, ˈmʌɪgreɪt/
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Definition of migrate

verb

[no object]
  • 1(of an animal, typically a bird or fish) move from one region or habitat to another according to the seasons:as autumn arrives, the birds migrate south
  • (of a person) move to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions:rural populations have migrated to urban areas
  • 2move from one part of something to another:cells which can form pigment migrate beneath the skin
  • (with reference to computer users) change or cause to change from one system to another: [no object]: customers are migrating from mainframes to client-server environments [with object]: save time by efficiently migrating data to secondary storage systems
  • [with object] Computing transfer (programs or hardware) from one system to another: the system will allow users to migrate applications across environments

Derivatives

migrator

noun

Origin:

early 17th century (in the general sense 'move from one place to another'): from Latin migrat- 'moved, shifted', from the verb migrare

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