Migrate Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)
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to move from one country or place to live or work in another
- He migrates from New York to Florida each winter.
- Thousands of workers migrate to this area each summer.
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of a bird or animal
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to move from one area to another at different times of the year
- The whales migrate between their feeding ground in the north and their breeding ground in the Caribbean.
- They followed the migrating herds of buffalo across the plains.
- migrating birds
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