migration

Geese heading south

Migration is movement from one place to another, typically over significant distance.

Birds migrate seasonally between breeding and wintering grounds.

Human migration describes population movements across borders or regions: migration from rural areas to cities, the great migration of African Americans to northern states.

In computing, migration is transferring data or systems from one platform to another: We're planning a migration to the cloud.

human

refugee

Person fleeing danger abroad

exodus · displacement · visa · citizenship · naturalization · deportation · border · persecution · resettlement · assimilation

wildlife

flyway

Established bird migration path

birds · monarch · whales · caribou · salmon · wildebeest · geese · swallows · butterflies · herds

movement

journey

Travel from place to place

flow · crossing · trek · voyage · drift · wandering · dispersal · influx · wave · stream

seasonal

breeding

Reproductive cultivation of organisms

pollination · phenology · monsoon · vernal · autumnal · life-cycle · overwintering · calving · rutting · molting

data

database

Organized digital information collection

import · export · backup · server · cloud · legacy · software · platform · upgrade · ETL

demography

census

Official population count

mortality · urbanization · rural-urban · trends · projections · inflow · outflow · rate · workforce

Categories
Opposites
movement vs stillness

migrationsedentariness

Habitual physical inactivity

staying put · staying · rootedness · immobility · stasis

departure vs arrival/settlement

migrationsettlement

Resolved dispute or colony

immigration · colonization · establishment · homesteading · naturalization

dispersal vs concentration

migrationcongregation

Assembled group of worshippers

aggregation · concentration · gathering · clustering · centralization

Phrases
Family

immigration, migrating, emigration, migrations, emigrating, immigrating, transmigration, transmigrating

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