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Meaning of migration | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n

Definitions

  1. An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
    countable, uncountable
  2. An instance of moving to live in another place for a while
  3. Departure from one's native land to settle in another:emigration, exodus, immigration, transmigration.
  4. Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.
    countable, uncountable
  5. Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas
  6. migrasie هِجْرَه преселване migração migrace der Zug vandring; udvandring; immigration; emigration αποδημία, μετανάστευσηmigración ränne مهاجرت muutto migrationהגירה, נדידה प्रवास seoba (el)költözés, kivándorlás migrasi fólksflutningar migrazione 移住 이주 migracija, persikėlimas migrācija, pārceļošana penghijrahan migratie, verhuizingvandring; inn-/utvandring; trekkwędrówka, migracja كډه او مهاجرت migração migraţie миграция migrácia selitev migracija flyttning, folkvandring, migration การปวดศีรษ...
  7. Movement in general.
    countable, uncountable
  8. Movement in general
  9. a person, bird or animal that migrates or has migrated. The swallow is a summer migrant to Britain; (also adjective) migrant workers. migrant مُهاجِر преселник migrante stěhovavý (pták) der Zugvogel trækfugl; omvandrende dyr; omvandrende arbejder μετανάστηςemigrante; ave migratoria migrant, rändlind مهاجر siirtolainen, muuttolintu migrant/-ante; migrateurנודד प्रवासी onaj koji se seli vándor(madár) migran flökku-, farand-, far- migratore; emigrante; emigrato 移住者 철새 migrantas, keliauninkas, pe...
    also adjective
  10. Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.
    countable, uncountable
  11. Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one
  12. migratories مُهاجِر، مُتَنَقِّل миграционен migratório stěhovavý; tažný der/die Umsiedler(in) træk-; vandre- αποδημητικόςmigratorio ränd- وابسته به مهاجرت muutto- migrateur, migratoireנודד प्रवासी putujući vándorló berpindah flökku-, farand-, far- migratore, migratorio 移住する 이주하는 migruojantis migrācijas-; ceļotāj- berhijrah migrerendvandrende, trekk-, vandre-wędrowny په كډوالى اړوند migratório migrator кочующий; перелётный;мигрирующий sťahovavý selitven migracijski ซึ่งร่อนเร่พเนจร göç eden, g...
  13. The movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations.
    countable, uncountable
  14. The movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations
  15. migración, movimiento de las células de un lugar a otro.
  16. The act or an instance of migrating.
  17. A group migrating together.
  18. Chemistry & Physics a. The movement of one atom or more from one position to another within a molecule.
    Chemistry & Physics
  19. the act or an instance of migrating
  20. a group of people, birds, etc, migrating in a body

Equivalents

Examples

“Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.”
“The migration of lead from a can to the food inside it can cause lead poisoning.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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