Pronunciation
How to pronounce “migrates”
“migrates” is pronounced /maɪɡɹeɪts/ — 2 syllables.
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migrates
/maɪɡɹeɪts/
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2 syllables. Stress the 'maɪɡɹ' part (say it longer and louder) and let the others relax — unstressed vowels often soften to a lazy /ə/.Meaning
move from one country or region to another and settle there
“Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century”
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