migration
/maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
migration noun: an instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
Noun
migration (countable and uncountable, plural migrations)
- An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
- Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.
- Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.2013 January 1, Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016, pages 47–48
- Movement in general.
- The migration of lead from a can to the food inside it can cause lead poisoning.
- Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.
- The movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations.
migration meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
migration in Hindi
- moving a place to live to another
- प्रवास pravās, माइग्रेशन māigreśan, पलायन palāyan
- seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
- प्रवास pravās
migration in Tamil
- moving a place to live to another
- இடம்பெயர்தல் iṭampeyartal, புலம்பெயர்வு pulampeyarvu, குடிபெயர்தல் kuṭipeyartal
- seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish
- வலசை valacai
migration in Marathi
- स्थलांतर, स्थलांतरण
migration in Urdu
- moving a place to live to another
- ہِجْرَت hijrat, مائِگْریشَن māigreśan, نَقْلِ مَکانِی naql-i makānī, مُہاجَرَت muhājarat
More languagesFewer languages
- migration in Bengali
- হিজরত hijrot, অভিপ্রয়াণ obhiproẏan
- migration in Telugu
- వలస valasa
- migration in Malayalam
- ദേശാന്തരഗമനം, കുടിയേറിപ്പാർപ്പ്
- migration in Kannada
- ವಲಸೆ valase
- migration in Punjabi
- ਪਰਵਾਸ, ਮਾਈਗ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਨ, ਪ੍ਰਵਾਸ
- migration in Gujarati
- સ્થળાંતર, સ્થળાંતરણ
- migration in Odia
- ସ୍ଥାନାନ୍ତରଣ, ଦେଶାନ୍ତର
- migration in Nepali
- बसाइँसराइ
- migration in Pashto
- مهاجرت mohājerát, هجرت hejrát
- migration in Tagalog
- ngibambayan
- migration in Arabic
- هِجْرَة hijra
- migration in Malay
- migrasi, penghijrahan
- migration in Indonesian
- migrasi
- migration in Thai
- อพยพ òp-pá-yóp, การอพยพ gaan-òp-pá-yóp
- migration in Vietnamese
- di dân, di cư
- migration in Myanmar
- ရွှေ့ပြောင်းမှု hrwe.praung:hmu., ရွှေ့ပြောင်းခြင်း hrwe.praung:hkrang:
Examples of migration in a sentence
- The scientist attached a pinger to the carapace of the sea turtle to track its migration.
- Major migrations and cattle drives may require more water on their path than springlets can provide.
- A seasonal migration annually changes the populations in two or more biotopes drastically, many twice in opposite senses.
Forms of migration
| plural | migrations |
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Origin of migration
From Middle French migration and its source, Latin migrātiō, from the participle stem of migrō (“to migrate”). Morphologically migrate + -ion.
Words formed from migration
- abmigration
- antimigration
- chain migration
- chemomigration
- climate migration
- climigration
- comigration
- countermigration
- cybermigration
- eco-migration
- ecomigration
- electromigration
- e-migration
- endomigration
- hypermigration
- intermigration
- internal migration
- interregional migration
- intraregional migration
- Lessepsian migration
- loop migration
- mass migration
- migrational
- migrationism
- migrationist
- mismigration
- net migration
- neuromigration
- nonmigration
- overmigration
- palaeomigration
- postmigration
- premigration
- relay migration
- remigration
- retromigration
- stepwise migration
- time migration
Phrases with migration
Words that rhyme with migration
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about migration
- What does migration mean?
- Migration means an instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
- What is migration in Hindi?
- Migration in Hindi is प्रवास (pravās), माइग्रेशन (māigreśan), पलायन (palāyan). See Migration meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is migration?
- Migration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce migration?
- Migration is pronounced /maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/ (UK).
- What is the plural of migration?
- The plural of migration is migrations.
Words near migration in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: migration (page history and authors); migration (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); migration (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ವಲಸೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); migration (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); migration (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); migration (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); migration (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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