migrate
/maɪˈɡɹeɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To relocate periodically from one region to another, usually according to the seasons.
Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Twice a year the geese migrate — from Florida to Canada and back again."
- "Twice a year the Minnesotans migrate from their state to the Gulf of Mexico."
- "Many groups had migrated to western Europe from the plains of eastern Europe."
- "To escape persecution, they migrated to a neutral country."
- "Little is more extraordinary than the decision to migrate, little more extraordinary than the accumulation of emotions and thoughts which finally leads a family to say farewell to a community where it has lived for centuries, to abandon old ties and familiar landmarks, and to sail across dark seas to a strange land."
- "Once the hosts started bickering in the kitchens, the guests began to migrate towards the living room."