to emigrate
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3.7
- verb
- /ˈɛmɪˌɡreɪt/
:
emigrar a
- After the war, countless families decided to emigrate to different countries for a fresh start.
- emigrate to the U.S.
- emigrate to Germany
- emigrate to America
And so Pam and I decided to emigrate to California.
- And so Pam and I decided to emigrate to California.
- Now, Mariva, you emigrated to the United States.
- She had met Andrea's father in Los Angeles and then emigrated to New Zealand.
- OK, very shortly afterwards, my brother and his wife, who they've since divorced, emigrated to Montreal before the civil war.
- So John Isador is watching TV and he thinks, you know, worry has gone away for me without having to emigrate.
- The story of, of, of your mom emigrating S on the back of your grandmother.
- Filled them out and emigrated to South Africa.
- And I was like, OK, I'm emigrating.
- So for you saying I'm going to emigrate there as soon as you'd said that, you'd be thinking what if I want to leave and you haven't even got there?
Examples
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In Veneto alone, more than two million people emigrated between 1881 and 1901.
Academic text (1992) -
Danticat was born in Haiti in 1969 and emigrated to the United States when she was 12.
Fiction book (2000) -
My friend wants to emigrate to South Africa.
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And so Pam and I decided to emigrate to California.
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A few months later, my family was fortunate to emigrate to France.
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So why do women emigrate from a place like Guatemala?
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Many take the boat with barely enough money to survive a few days in London, but still they emigrate because they see hope across the sea, hope they cannot see in Ireland.
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Her accent and vocabulary remained the same decades after she had emigrated from England.
Fiction book (2000) -
Now, Mariva, you emigrated to the United States.
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Between the years 1827 and 1837, some 400,000 Irish emigrated to North America.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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1.0
Change the place where you live
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3.1
To move from one place to another to live, often for work or because seasons change
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6.8
To leave your country to live in another country for a long time
To move to another country or region to live there
Antonyms
How Permanent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word emigrate comes from Latin parts e- meaning 'out' and migrāre meaning 'to move', and it shares the same root as migrate. So, to emigrate is to 'move out' of your country to live in another, the opposite of immigrate ('move in').