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migratemigrate /ˈmaɪgreɪt/ ●○○ AWL verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYmigrateOrigin: 1600-1700 Latin, past participle of migrare VERB TABLEmigrate |
Present | I, you, we, they | migrate | | he, she, it | migrates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | migrated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have migrated | | he, she, it | has migrated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had migrated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will migrate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have migrated |
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Present | I | am migrating | | he, she, it | is migrating | | you, we, they | are migrating | Past | I, he, she, it | was migrating | | you, we, they | were migrating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been migrating | | he, she, it | has been migrating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been migrating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be migrating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been migrating |
THESAURUS to enter a new country in order to live there permanently► immigrate to enter a new country in order to live there permanently: Yatsu immigrated from Japan when he was 13. The family immigrated to England from India in 1972. ► emigrate to leave your own country in order to live in a different one: My grandparents emigrated from Italy in 1904. ► migrate if birds or other animals migrate, they go to another part of the world when the seasons change: The butterflies migrate to California and Mexico every year. new house/town► move to go to live in a different place, or to make or help someone do this: The neighbors are moving. ► relocate to move to a new place or move someone to a new place, especially for business reasons: The company relocated him and his family to Houston. ► immigrate to come to a country in order to live there permanently: His father immigrated to the United States from Poland. ► emigrate to leave your own country in order to live in another country: More than one million people emigrated from Ireland during the famine of the mid-1800s. ► migrate to go to another area or country, often moving from place to place, in order to find a place to live or work. Used especially about large groups of people: Women and children migrated north to the refugee camps. 1science, biology if birds or animals migrate, they travel from one part of the world to another, especially in the fall and spring: The birds migrate south in the winter.2social studies to go to another area or country, usually in order to find a place to live or work: People migrated north in search of work.► see thesaurus at immigrate, move1 |