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# migration

noun (migration, migrations)

«migration» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The movement of animals, often in large groups, from one place to another at the same time each year, to find food, warmth or a place to breed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/migration/#m1)
2. The movement of people from one place or country to live in another. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/migration/#m2)
3. Migration can also mean a story or fable spreading from one country to another. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/migration/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science, birds such as swallows and geese fly south for winter, whales swim to warm seas, and wildebeest cross Africa — all migration. In geography and history, people migrate for work, safety or family. Phrases: «bird migration», «the great migration», «migration route».

### Examples

- Swallows fly to Africa during their migration. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/migration/#x1)
- Many birds use the stars on their migration. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/migration/#x2)
- The wildebeest migration crosses rivers full of crocodiles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/migration/#x3)
- Whales make a long migration every year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/migration/#x4)
- Some families come to a new country by migration. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/migration/#x5)
- Geese fly in a V shape during migration. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/migration/#x6)
- It is difficult to imagine that we have not here the actual migration of the tale from East to West. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/migration/#x7)

### Note

Mostly uncountable; countable for single journeys: «two migrations». Verb: migrate. People who migrate are migrants. Hibernation (sleeping through winter) is different from migration (moving away).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «migration» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/migration/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«migration» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/migration.html) on Mova free.