migrate

«migrate» in Mova's school dictionary: To move from one area to another at certain seasons… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (migrate, migrates, migrated, migrating); nouns: migration, migrant; adjective: migratory

meaning for a pupil

1) (of animals) To move from one area to another at certain seasons, often very far, to find food, warmth or a place to breed. tree →

2) (of people) To move to live in another country or area, usually to find work or a better life. tree →

3) (computers) To move data or programs to a new system. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, migration is an animal adaptation: swallows and geese fly south for winter, whales swim to warm water to have babies, monarch butterflies travel thousands of kilometres, salmon swim back up rivers. In history and geography, people migrated across the world, and many families today are migrants. Phrases: migrate south, migrate to, bird migration, migratory birds.

examples

• Many birds migrate south in autumn. tree →
• Humpback whales migrate to warm waters to have their calves. tree →
• Monarch butterflies migrate thousands of kilometres. tree →
• My grandparents migrated from Italy to Australia. tree →
• Salmon migrate back up the river where they were born. tree →
• Animals migrate to find food and warmer weather. tree →
• We migrated all our photos to the new computer. tree →

note

Related words: migration (the journey), migrant (a person or animal that migrates). «Emigrate» = leave your country to live in another; «immigrate» = come into a new country to live. Migration is different from hibernation (sleeping through winter).

In the corpora

• Bright lights at night confuse moths and migrating birds, and baby sea turtles crawl towards lights instead of towards the sea.
• Hummingbirds migrate on their own, flying amazing distances; they do not ride on geese.
• Many birds, such as swallows and storks, migrate south in autumn and return in spring.
• Migrating birds find their way using the Sun, the stars, landmarks and the Earth's magnetism.
• Whales, salmon, wildebeest and some butterflies also migrate.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «migrate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.