migrate

IPA: mˈaɪgreɪt

(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.

Examples of "migrate" in Sentences

For most, the decision to migrate is driven by a need to survive, not free choice.
As readers migrate from the broadsheet to the Internet, the news cycle is being transformed.
If swallowed air doesn't make its way out in the form of a burp, it may migrate from the stomach down into the colon.
We wouldn't see millions of Chinese migrate from the poor areas to the richer areas and then later returning to manage the new plant back home.
The computer world is in the midst of its next great transition, as many applications and services — word processing, spreadsheets, e-mail, data storage — migrate from the personal computer to the Internet.
As we migrate from the desktop to the web, the way that we want to be perceived by our friends will determine where we also spend most of our time “performing” or constructing our identity (through what we “do” — i.e. activity streams).
Qualcomm today announced the opening of a factory to make its mirasol displays, and a Wi-Fi chip designed for home networking — both efforts to keep the company a top chipmaker even as carriers migrate from the CDMA technology that provides so much of its profits.