Meaning | Move from one country or region to another and settle there. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
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Examples | - "Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century"
- "This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries"
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Synonym | transmigrate |
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Entailed by | settle | form a community / community |
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Narrower | emigrate | Leave one's country of residence for a new one |
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immigrate | Come into a new country and change residency |
immigrate | migrate to a new environment |
Broader | move | change residence, affiliation, or place of employment |
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Similar to | migrate | Move periodically or seasonally |
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Spanish | emigrar, migrar |
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Catalan | emigrar, migrar, transmigrar |
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Adjectives | migratory | habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work |
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Nouns | migrant, migrator | traveler who moves from one region / region or country to another |
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migration | the movement of persons from one country or locality to another |
migration | a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period) |
migrator | an animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the year |