migrating

Meaning 1: Movement and Biology

Moving from one region or habitat to another, especially on a seasonal basis or in search of better living conditions.

Examples

• Many species of birds are currently migrating across the continent to escape the freezing temperatures.
• The company is migrating its entire database to a cloud-based server to improve efficiency.

Meaning 2: Computing

Transferring data or software from one system or environment to another.

Examples

• The IT department is migrating user accounts to the new security platform tonight.
• We are migrating our legacy applications to a modern cloud infrastructure.

Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.ɡreɪ.tɪŋ/

How to Use migrating

migrating from [place] to [place] (prepositional phrase)

describing the origin and destination of movement — "The herd is migrating from the northern tundra to the southern valleys."

be migrating (collocation)

used in continuous tenses to describe ongoing seasonal or technical movement — "Thousands of whales are migrating past the coast this month."

Synonyms of migrating

Words with a similar meaning to migrating:

• moving
• shifting
• relocating
• translocating