Meaning & use
migrate
To move from one region or habitat to another, especially seasonally, in order to find better conditions.
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Thousands of geese migrate south every autumn to escape the cold.
Many young graduates migrate to bigger cities in search of work.
A note on using this word
In technology contexts, migrate describes transferring data or software from one system to another rather than physical movement.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To transfer data, programs, or systems from one computer environment to another.
The company plans to migrate its entire database to the cloud next year.
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