Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.

    Wohnsitzwechsel, Migration

    мигра́цияmigrácija, переселе́ниеpereselénije

    мігра́ціяmihrácija, пересе́ленняperesélennja

    (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule

  2. (countable, uncountable)Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.

    Migration, Wanderung, Vogelwanderung

    мигра́цияmigrácija

    мігра́ціяmihrácija

    the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding

  3. (countable, uncountable)Movement in general.

    The migration of lead from a can to the food inside it can cause lead poisoning.

    the movement of persons from one country or locality to another

  4. (countable, uncountable)Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.

    Migration

    мигра́цияmigrácija

  5. (countable, uncountable)The movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations.

Examples

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  1. Africa is a continent of migration.

    deAfrika ist ein Migrationskontinent.

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  2. Ziri learned about the birds' migration patterns.

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  3. Injustice is a root cause of migration.

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  4. This species holds the record for long-distance migration.

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  5. Scientists use satellites to study the migration of whales.

    deDie Wissenschaftler untersuchen die Wanderungen der Wale mit Hilfe von Satelliten.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
moving a place to live to another:
Русский
By meaning 1
moving a place to live to another:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
moving a place to live to another:
seasonal moving of animals, birds or fish:

Origin

From Middle French migration and its source, Latin migrātiō, from the participle stem of m

From Middle French migration and its source, Latin migrātiō, from the participle stem of migrō (“to migrate”). Morphologically migrate + -ion.

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