migrate – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of migrate

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to migrate
Participle: migrated
Gerund: migrating

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Imigrate
youmigrate
he;she;itmigrates
wemigrate
youmigrate
theymigrate

Perfect

Ihave migrated
youhave migrated
he;she;ithas migrated
wehave migrated
youhave migrated
theyhave migrated

Past

Imigrated
youmigrated
he;she;itmigrated
wemigrated
youmigrated
theymigrated

Pluperfect

Ihad migrated
youhad migrated
he;she;ithad migrated
wehad migrated
youhad migrated
theyhad migrated

Future

Iwill migrate
youwill migrate
he;she;itwill migrate
wewill migrate
youwill migrate
theywill migrate

Future Perfect

Iwill have migrated
youwill have migrated
he;she;itwill have migrated
wewill have migrated
youwill have migrated
theywill have migrated

Subjunctive

Present

Imigrate
youmigrate
he;she;itmigrate
wemigrate
youmigrate
theymigrate

Perfect

Ihave migrated
youhave migrated
he;she;ithave migrated
wehave migrated
youhave migrated
theyhave migrated

Imperfect

Imigrated
youmigrated
he;she;itmigrated
wemigrated
youmigrated
theymigrated

Pluperfect

Ihad migrated
youhad migrated
he;she;ithad migrated
wehad migrated
youhad migrated
theyhad migrated

Conditional

Present

Iwould migrate
youwould migrate
he;she;itwould migrate
wewould migrate
youwould migrate
theywould migrate

Perfect

Iwould have migrated
youwould have migrated
he;she;itwould have migrated
wewould have migrated
youwould have migrated
theywould have migrated

Imperative

youmigrate
weLet's migrate
youmigrate

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam migrating
youare migrating
he;she;itis migrating
weare migrating
youare migrating
theyare migrating

Perfect

Ihave been migrating
youhave been migrating
he;she;ithas been migrating
wehave been migrating
youhave been migrating
theyhave been migrating

Past

Iwas migrating
youwere migrating
he;she;itwas migrating
wewere migrating
youwere migrating
theywere migrating

Pluperfect

Ihad been migrating
youhad been migrating
he;she;ithad been migrating
wehad been migrating
youhad been migrating
theyhad been migrating

Future

Iwill be migrating
youwill be migrating
he;she;itwill be migrating
wewill be migrating
youwill be migrating
theywill be migrating

Future Perfect

Iwill have been migrating
youwill have been migrating
he;she;itwill have been migrating
wewill have been migrating
youwill have been migrating
theywill have been migrating

Conditional

Present

Iwould be migrating
youwould be migrating
he;she;itwould be migrating
wewould be migrating
youwould be migrating
theywould be migrating

Perfect

Iwould have been migrating
youwould have been migrating
he;she;itwould have been migrating
wewould have been migrating
youwould have been migrating
theywould have been migrating

Other

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

move
emigrate, transmigrate, leave, immigrate

Antonyms

move
halt, fix, arrest, cease

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin migrātus, perfect passive participle of migrō (“to migrate, change, transport”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Sample Sentences

  • Twice a year the geese migrate — from Florida to Canada and back again.
  • Twice a year the Minnesotans migrate from their state to the Gulf of Mexico.
  • Many groups had migrated to western Europe from the plains of eastern Europe.
  • To escape persecution, they migrated to a neutral country.
  • Little is more extraordinary than the decision to migrate, little more extraordinary than the accumulation of emotions and thoughts which finally leads a family to say farewell to a community where it has lived for centuries, to abandon old ties and familiar landmarks, and to sail across dark seas to a strange land. [1964, John F. Kennedy, “Why They Came”, in A Nation of Immigrants, Revised and Enlarged edition, Harper & Row, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 4:]
  • Once the hosts started bickering in the kitchens, the guests began to migrate towards the living room.
  • Oil was able to migrate from the accessory gearbox into the magneto housing through the improperly installed gland seals.
  • It is very common for the position of the placenta to change as the uterus stretches and grows. An anterior placenta can migrate toward the top, sides, or back of the uterus as the weeks go on. [2022 August 13, Donna Murray, “What Is an Anterior Placenta? How placenta placement affects pregnancy, labor, and delivery”, in verywellfamily, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2023:]
  • They had finished migrating all of the affected code to the production server by 2:00am, three hours later than expected.
  • We were hoping to migrate the customers of the "C" series to the "E" series and the "E" customers to the "S" series.