re-migrate

A family decides to re-migrate to their country of origin.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To migrate again: "re-migrate" means to move from one place to another for a second or subsequent time, often referring to animals, birds, or people returning to a previous location or moving to a new one after an initial migration.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • The swallows re-migrate to warmer climates each autumn after spending the summer in the north. (The birds migrate again to a warmer region.)
  • After living abroad for a decade, many families decide to re-migrate to their home country. (They move back to their original country again.)
  • Some fish species re-migrate upstream to spawn in the same rivers where they were born. (They migrate again to their birthplace.)

Advanced Usage

• "to re-migrate to": to return to a specific place through migration.

  • The herd will re-migrate to the savannah when the rainy season begins. (The group of animals will move back to the grassland.)

• "re-migration" (noun): the act of migrating again.

  • The re-migration of workers to urban centers has increased due to economic changes. (The process of moving again to cities has grown.)

Variants and Related Words

• Re-migration (n): the process or instance of migrating again.

  • The re-migration of monarch butterflies is carefully studied by scientists. (The act of these butterflies moving again is studied.)

• Re-migrant (n): a person or animal that migrates again.

  • The re-migrant birds returned to the same nesting site. (The birds that migrated again came back.)

• Migrate (v): to move from one place to another, often seasonally.

  • Many birds migrate south for the winter. (They move to warmer regions.)

Synonyms

• Return migrate: to migrate back to a previous location.
• Remigrate (alternative spelling): same meaning as re-migrate.

Phrasal Verbs

• Re-migrate back: to return to a previous location through migration.
  • The salmon re-migrate back to their freshwater spawning grounds. (The fish return to their birthplace again.)

Related Idioms

• To go back to one's roots: to return to one's original home or cultural origins (similar concept to re-migrating).

  • After years abroad, she decided to go back to her roots and re-migrate to her hometown. (She returned to her original place of origin.)

• The cycle of return: a pattern of leaving and coming back again.

  • The cycle of return for these birds involves re-migrating every spring. (The repeated pattern of migration includes returning again.)