migrates

Migrates is the third-person singular present tense form of the verb migrate. Migrate means to move from one place to another, often across distances or borders, and to settle or operate temporarily or permanently in a new location. The subject of migrates is typically a single entity such as a person, an animal, or an organization.

In biology, migration refers to the seasonal or long-distance movement of animals or populations. For example, many bird species migrate between breeding and wintering grounds. In human geography and demography, migration describes the movement of people across regions or countries, or within a country, driven by factors such as work, safety, or economic opportunity; the verb form migrates can be used with a singular subject, as in a sentence about a population or workforce.

In computing and data management, migrate describes transferring data, software, or services from one system or environment to another. Data migration is a planned process that typically includes assessment, extraction, transformation, loading, and validation. For example, a company might migrate its customer records to a new database or move an application to a cloud platform, with migrates used to describe the ongoing action of moving elements during the project.

Etymology traces migrate to Latin migrare, meaning “to move from one place to another,” with cognates in several languages. Related terms include migration, migratory, immigrant, emigrate, and emigration. The form migrates is mainly a grammatical variation used with third-person singular subjects.