migration
migration Lexical Profile
migration Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The seasonal movement of animals, especially birds, fish, or mammals, from one region or habitat to another for breeding or feeding.
"Every autumn, thousands of monarch butterflies begin their long migration south to warmer climates."
The movement of people from one country, region, or locality to another with the intention of settling temporarily or permanently.
"Industrialization in the nineteenth century triggered a massive migration of workers from rural villages to rapidly growing cities."
The process of transferring data, software, or accounts from one computer system, storage medium, or platform to another.
"The IT department scheduled the database migration for the weekend to avoid disrupting normal business operations."
The gradual movement or shifting of atoms, ions, cells, or fluids from one position or region to another within a medium or organism.
"Cell migration plays a vital role in tissue repair and immune responses throughout the human body."
Word Nuance & Usage
"Migration" is the general umbrella term for moving from one place to another, whereas "emigration" specifically emphasizes leaving a place of origin and "immigration" emphasizes arriving in a new destination to settle.
• Rhymes for migration
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 17th century from Latin migratio, a noun of action derived from the verb migrare, meaning "to move from one place to another" or "to change one's abode."