Migration (Noun)
Meaning 1
The movement of persons from one country or locality to another.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The recent economic downturn led to a mass migration of workers from the rural areas to the cities in search of employment.
- The country's migration policy has been a topic of debate among politicians and citizens alike for years.
- Every year, thousands of people make the treacherous migration across the desert in search of a better life.
- The government has implemented measures to track and monitor the migration patterns of refugees entering the country.
- Historians have studied the migration of people from Europe to the Americas during the 19th century to understand the impact on both continents.
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Meaning 2
The periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
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Meaning 3
A group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period).
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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Meaning 4
(chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.