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migration (maɪˈɡreɪʃən Pronunciation for migration ) 

Definitions

noun

  1. the act or an instance of migrating
  2. a group of people, birds, etc, migrating in a body
  3. (chemistry) a movement of atoms, ions, or molecules, such as the motion of ions in solution under the influence of electric fields

Derived Forms

miˈgrational adjective

Translations for 'migration'

  • British English: migrationPronunciation for migration Migration is the act of people moving from one place to another, especially in order to find work.There was a large migration of people to the city.maɪˈɡreɪʃən NOUN
  • Arabic: هِجْرَةٌPronunciation for هِجْرَةٌ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: emigraçãoPronunciation for emigração
  • Chinese: 移民Pronunciation for 移民
  • Croatian: migracijaPronunciation for migracija
  • Czech: migracePronunciation for migrace
  • Danish: migrationPronunciation for migration
  • Dutch: migratiePronunciation for migratie
  • European Spanish: migraciónPronunciation for migración
  • Finnish: maastamuuttoPronunciation for maastamuutto
  • French: migrationPronunciation for migration
  • German: MigrationPronunciation for Migration
  • Greek: αποδημίαPronunciation for αποδημία
  • Italian: migrazionePronunciation for migrazione
  • Japanese: 移住Pronunciation for 移住
  • Korean: 이주Pronunciation for 이주
  • Norwegian: vandringPronunciation for vandring
  • Polish: migracjaPronunciation for migracja
  • Portuguese: migraçãoPronunciation for migração
  • Romanian: migrație migrații
  • Russian: миграцияPronunciation for миграция
  • Spanish: migraciónPronunciation for migración
  • Swedish: migrationPronunciation for migration
  • Thai: การโยกย้ายถิ่นฐานPronunciation for การโยกย้ายถิ่นฐานการโยกย้ายถิ่นฐาน
  • Turkish: göçPronunciation for göç
  • Ukrainian: міграція
  • Vietnamese: sự di trúPronunciation for sự di trú

Example Sentences Including 'migration'

But eastern Scotland has seen the EU's biggest inward migration of 37 per 1,000.
Sun, News of the World (2001)
Often no public announcement is made, none is needed; and this mass migration is not organized in any way.
Brian Hoey HER MAJESTY: 50 Regal Years (2001)
Perhaps he had made some long-distance migration and would return later on.
Tony Juniper SPIX'S MACAW: The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird (2002)
Saskatchewan, meanwhile, stemmed its net migration loss to 3,500 people in 2003, from 8,000 people three years earlier.
canada.com (2004)
Some of us believe our kindreds "outward migration was intended to be only the first wave of a continuing process.
Tepper, Sheri S. A Plague of Angels
Such policies were increasingly needed to cope with a global rise in migration , it added.
canada.com (2004)
The HPA said the rise was `largely contributed to by migration from areas with a high prevalence of HIV.
Sun, News of the World (2005)
This genetic smoking gun is evidence of a migration out of Asia that is hard to refute.
New Scientist (1998)

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