NOUN | act | migration | the movement of persons from one country or locality to another |
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group | migration | a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period) | |
event | migration | (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule | |
event | migration | the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding |
Sounds | maygrey'shahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | The movement of persons from one country or locality to another. | |
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Narrower | emigration, out-migration, expatriation | migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) |
gold rush | A large / large / large migration of people to a newly discovered gold field | |
immigration, in-migration | migration into a place (especially migration to a country / country of which you are not a native in order to settle there) | |
Broader | motion, movement, move | The act of changing location from one place to another |
Spanish | migración | |
Catalan | migració | |
Adjectives | migrational | of or related to migration |
Verbs | migrate | move from one country or region to another and settle there |
Meaning | A group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period). | |
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Broader | people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively |
Verbs | migrate | move from one country or region to another and settle there |
Meaning | (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule. | |
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Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
Broader | event | Something that happens at a given place and time |
Adjectives | migrational | of or related to migration |
Meaning | The periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding. | |
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Broader | periodic event, recurrent event | An event that recurs at intervals |
Spanish | migración | |
Adjectives | migrational | of or related to migration |
Verbs | migrate | move periodically or seasonally |
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