Word of the Day:
migrate
What It Means
To relocate periodically from one region to another, usually according to the seasons.
To change one's geographic pattern of habitation.
To change habitations across a border; to move from one country or political region to another.
We were hoping to migrate the customers of the "C" series to the "E" series and the "E" customers to the "S" series.
Migrate in Context
“It is very common for the position of the placenta to change as the uterus stretches and grows. An anterior placenta can migrate toward the top, sides, or back of the uterus as the weeks go on.”
Did You Know?
First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin migrātus, perfect passive participle of migrō (“to migrate, change, transport”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Source and license
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