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# migrant

«migrant» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who moves from one place or country to another…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a migrant, migrants); adjective (migrant)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A migrant is a person who moves from one place or country to another, especially to find work or a better life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/migrant/#m1)

2) A migrant is an animal, often a bird, that travels to a different place at certain seasons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/migrant/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and social studies: migrants, migration, push and pull reasons for moving. In science: migrant birds such as swallows fly south for winter. Phrases: migrant workers, migrant birds, economic migrant.

### examples

- Many migrant workers pick fruit on farms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/migrant/#x1)
- Swallows are migrants that fly to Africa for winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/migrant/#x2)
- The city has welcomed migrants from many countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/migrant/#x3)
- Her grandparents were migrants from Italy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/migrant/#x4)
- Migrant birds rest at the lake on their long journey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/migrant/#x5)
- Migrants often send money home to their families. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/migrant/#x6)

### note

Countable. Related: migrate, migration. Compare: emigrant (leaves a country), immigrant (arrives in a country). Talk about migrants with respect: they are people with reasons for moving.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «migrant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/migrant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.