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migration

/maɪɡɹˈeɪʃʌn/noun3 syllables

Migration means: the movement of persons from one country or locality to another.

What does migration mean?4

noun

1

the movement of persons from one country or locality to another

2

a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period)

3

(chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule

4

the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with migration?60

two syllables

stationnation
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All 60 rhymes for migration, grouped by syllable

Migration in a sentence

  • This species holds the record for long-distance migration.unknown
  • Scientists use satellites to study the migration of whales.Hybrid
  • The government also found that if it wanted immigrants it had to subsidise migration.CM
  • Outlawing migration is like outlawing going to the bathroom.shekitten
  • Human rights experts are reporting forced migration and ethnic cleansing.frpzzd
  • Migration to the US resumed under relaxed migration laws.The_World_Factbook
  • An important bird migration route passes through Algeria.Amastan
  • How can Algeria cope with the mass rural-to-urban migration?Amastan

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Forms of migration

as a noun

plural
migrations