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migration (마이**그레**이션)movement of people or animals from one place to another, especially seasonal movement

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: movement of people or animals from one place to another, especially seasonal movement

Pronunciation (IPA): /maɪˈɡreɪʃən/

Korean meaning: 이주, 이동 (특히 계절적 이동)

Korean pronunciation: 마이**그레**이션

Example Sentences

  • The IT department's migration plan was so complex that even the computers looked confused.
  • Wildlife migration is one of nature's most remarkable phenomena.
  • The migration of skilled workers to urban areas has accelerated economic growth.

migration

NOUN

//maɪˈɡreɪʃən//

movement of people or animals from one place to another, especially seasonal movement

migration concept
💡 Concept

The annual migration of birds signals the arrival of winter.

migration mnemonic english
🧠 Mnemonic

The migration of many families helped the new town grow rapidly. (MOVE + NEW PLACE = MIGRATION → migration is the movement of people or animals from one place to another)

migration rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Migration, navigation, and cultivation shaped a new future.

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/maɪˈɡreɪʃən/
🇬🇧 UK/maɪˈɡreɪʃən/

🌳Etymology

Rootmigr
Suffix--ation

Origin

From Latin 'migrare' meaning 'to move from one place to another,' combined with the suffix '-tion' (indicating an action or process). The Latin root is related to the Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'to change or move.'

🎵Rhyme

nationstationcreation
nation
station
creation

🔗Collocations

mass migration
seasonal migration
data migration
migration pattern
migration route
rural-urban migration

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

The IT department's migration plan was so complex that even the computers looked confused.

Wildlife migration is one of nature's most remarkable phenomena.

The migration of skilled workers to urban areas has accelerated economic growth.

😄 Fun example

After the database migration, half the company's passwords decided to migrate to another dimension.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

movementrelocationdisplacementexodustransfer

Antonyms

settlementestablishmentpermanence

Related

migrateimmigrantemigrantnomadictransient

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