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migration
/maɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/
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What does migration mean?
noun
- 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.
- Movement in general.
More meanings (2)
noun
- Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.
- The movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations.
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IPA pronunciation
/maɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/
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For these there is one other avenue of escape toward which they have turned in increasing numbers, namely, migration to town.
She was so frail and weak she lost her family in migration, and followed with some strangers that were none too kind.
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He who rejects it, rejects the vera causa of ordinary generation with subsequent migration, and calls in the agency of a miracle.
We must remember, however, that a migrating people are not apt to leave monuments until they reach the end of their migration.
I once, and only once, had an opportunity of seeing elephants that were either migrating, or had just arrived from a migration.