migration

Noun

Meaning

The act of migrating.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

exodus movement transfer immigration displacement emigration relocation resettlement transhumance trek aliyah move moving motion flight
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Antonyms

approach advent appearance introduction coming stay
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Hypernyms

people move movement event motion periodic event

Hyponyms

immigration emigration expatriation gold rush out-migration in-migration

Related terms

immigration migrate emigration migrant migratory porting

Phrases with the word

chain migration kidney migration neural migration migration of professionals fish migration political migration

Examples

We must force the government to stop the bird migration. We must shoot all birds, field all our men and troops... and force migratory birds to stay where they are. Vladimir Zhirinovsky

We have to cease the migration of Arab potential to the west; they should be respected in their own countries. Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum

I'm a big believer that as much as possible, and there's obviously political limitations, freedom of migration is a good thing. Bill Gates

There's a whiff of the lynch mob or the lemming migration about any overlarge concentration of like-thinking individuals, no matter how virtuous their cause. P. J. O'Rourke

A familiar question for Australians is how much we are a product of our circumstances, and how much we are what we have made ourselves to be. In truth, by the act of migration the country was made: by that voluntary act and by the emigrants' ambitions it was built. Paul Keating

Migration is a sign of protect. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

migrate migrateable migrater migration of professionals Migration Period migration route