migrate

== English == === Etymology === First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin migrātus, perfect passive participle of migrō (“to migrate, change, transport”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maɪˈɡɹeɪt/, /ˈmaɪ.ɡɹeɪt/ Rhymes: -eɪt, -aɪɡɹeɪt === Verb === migrate (third-person singular simple present migrates, present participle migrating, simple past and past participle migrated) (intransitive) To relocate periodically from one region to another, usually according to the seasons. (intransitive) To change one's geographic pattern of habitation. (intransitive) To change habitations across a border; to move from one country or political region to another. (intransitive) To move slowly towards, usually in groups. (intransitive) To move gradually, especially from an intended to an unintended position. (transitive, computing) To move computer code or files from one computer or network to another. (transitive, marketing) To induce customers to shift purchases from one set of a company's related products to another. ==== Usage notes ==== Some people consider the jargonistic transitive form of this word to be improper, on the grounds that it is untraditional, and that if a transitive verb is to be constructed from migrate it should still be the subject that is doing the migrating. Alternatives include move, herd, transfer, or relocate. This objection is not widespread however, and migrate is the only term generally used to mean specifically the movement of computer code from one computer to another. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== migrant ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Tregami, ragtime == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== migrate inflection of migrare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== migrate f pl feminine plural of migrato === Anagrams === gremita == Latin == === Verb === migrāte second-person plural present imperative of migrō === Participle === migrāte vocative masculine singular of migrātus == Spanish == === Verb === migrate second-person singular voseo imperative of migrar combined with te