migration

Academic Word List, sublist 6.

About 20.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

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

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

Similar words

transmigration immigrate migratory emigrant emigration emigrate relocation immigrant immigration relocate

Often followed by

of and to from in is was into has

Word family

migrant migrants migrate migrated migrates migrating migrational migrations migratory