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Pronunciation

How to pronounce “migration”

“migration” is pronounced /maɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/ (my-GRAY-shuhn) in American English and /maɪɡɹeɪʃən/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “rat”.
The sound

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migration

/maɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/

The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /maɪɡɹeɪʃən/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.

3 beats
  1. migmaɪ
  2. ratɡɹeɪstress
  3. ionʃən
IPA (American)
/maɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/
IPA (British)
/maɪɡɹeɪʃən/
Respelling
my-GRAY-shuhn
Syllables
3 — mig-RAT-ion
Stress
Stress the second syllable: mig-RAT-ion. “rat” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
Part of speech
noun
Difficulty
Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
Accents

American and British are not the same here

American

/maɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/

British

/maɪɡɹeɪʃən/

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Meaning

What “migration” means

  1. noun

    the movement of persons from one country or locality to another

  2. noun

    a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period)

  3. noun

    (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule

Say it in a sentence

“Spring migration brings thousands of birds to the estuary.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

8 sounds, in the order you say them
mmaɪlong iɡgɹreɪlong aʃshəschwann

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Questions

“migration”, answered

How do you pronounce “migration”?

“migration” is pronounced /maɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/ (my-GRAY-shuhn) in American English and /maɪɡɹeɪʃən/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “rat”. Build it as mig-RAT-ion, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “migration” have?

3: mig · rat · ion. The beat lands on the second, “rat”.

Is “migration” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /maɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/ (my-GRAY-shuhn); British English says /maɪɡɹeɪʃən/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “migration” mean?

As a noun: the movement of persons from one country or locality to another For example: “Spring migration brings thousands of birds to the estuary.” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.

Where is the stress in “migration”?

Stress the second syllable: mig-RAT-ion. “rat” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.

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