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migration

/maɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/

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What does migration mean?

noun

  1. An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
  2. Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.
  3. Movement in general.
More meanings (2)

noun

  1. Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.
  2. The movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations.

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IPA pronunciation

/maɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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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.
W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du BoisThe Souls of Black FolkProject Gutenberg ebook #408
She was so frail and weak she lost her family in migration, and followed with some strangers that were none too kind.
Gene Stratton-PorterThe Song of the CardinalProject Gutenberg ebook #533
More book examples (3)
He who rejects it, rejects the vera causa of ordinary generation with subsequent migration, and calls in the agency of a miracle.
Charles DarwinOn the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for LifeProject Gutenberg ebook #1228
We must remember, however, that a migrating people are not apt to leave monuments until they reach the end of their migration.
Emory Adams AllenThe Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished RacesProject Gutenberg ebook #2873
I once, and only once, had an opportunity of seeing elephants that were either migrating, or had just arrived from a migration.
Samuel White, Sir BakerWild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #3657