migration
//maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n//
formalForms
- Plural
- migrations
Definitions
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.
- The migration of lead from a can to the food inside it can cause lead poisoning.
4.Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4793
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle French migration and its source, Latin migrātiō, from the participle stem of migrō (“to migrate”).
Morphologically migrate + -ion.