migration
English Thesaurus
1. the movement of persons from one country or locality to another (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | motion, move, movement, |
| definition | : | the act of changing location from one place to another (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | immigration, in-migration, |
| definition | : | migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | gold rush, |
| definition | : | a large migration of people to a newly discovered gold field (noun.act) |
2. the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding (noun.event)
3. (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule (noun.event)
| hypernym | : | event, |
| definition | : | something that happens at a given place and time (noun.tops) |
| domain category | : | chemical science, chemistry, |
| definition | : | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions (noun.cognition) |
4. a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period) (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | people, |
| definition | : | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively (noun.group) |
5. the movement of persons from one country or locality to another (noun.act)
| derivation | : | migrate, transmigrate, |
| definition | : | move from one country or region to another and settle there (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | migrational, |
| definition | : | of or related to migration (adj.pert) |
6. the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding (noun.event)
| derivation | : | migrate, |
| definition | : | move periodically or seasonally (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | migrational, |
| definition | : | of or related to migration (adj.pert) |
7. a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period) (noun.group)
| derivation | : | migrate, transmigrate, |
| definition | : | move from one country or region to another and settle there (verb.motion) |
8. the movement of persons from one country or locality to another (noun.act)
| derivation | : | migrate, transmigrate, |
| definition | : | move from one country or region to another and settle there (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | migrational, |
| definition | : | of or related to migration (adj.pert) |
9. the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding (noun.event)
| derivation | : | migrate, |
| definition | : | move periodically or seasonally (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | migrational, |
| definition | : | of or related to migration (adj.pert) |
10. a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period) (noun.group)
| derivation | : | migrate, transmigrate, |
| definition | : | move from one country or region to another and settle there (verb.motion) |
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