to immigrate
35
3.2
- verb
- /ˈɪmɪˌɡreɪt/
:
inmigrar a
- So she immigrated to the US many years ago, but she was born in an island here.
- immigrate to another country
- immigrate to the United States
- immigrate to Canada
Well, my parents, my parents immigrated to to Canada.
- Well, my parents, my parents immigrated to to Canada.
- Like MEN, Jeannie immigrated to Queens as a young child.
- Well, I immigrated when I was a child to California.
- But yeah, so, so my mom decided to try and immigrate to America.
- Listen to the people who've immigrated from those societies and and heed their warnings.
- Again, that issue of, OK, your, your great grandfather, you know, immigrated here from this.
- So maybe a few of them could somehow immigrate to the US, but most of them won't.
- My parents immigrated to California and actually, no, I was born in Guam and then my parents immigrated to California.
- Now that support is being lost for not only those who are immigrating, but also Americans who are Hispanic or black.
- And then at some point they met in Baghdad, started a family, immigrated to France.
- Girls are not immigrating between those ages.
- So I knew you grew up in Toronto and I think your parents came immigrated from Egypt.
- Most of the immigrant and unskilled workers in the in in immigrating to England go to the largest cities.
- So coming here and immigrating here, it was just, I, just, I, I say it's a different level of hustle in my mind.
Examples
-
Her parents are originally from Mexico and immigrated to America, where Alba was born.
Academic text (2013) -
Every year, thirty thousand Koreans immigrate to the US.
-
Now he wants to immigrate to this country.
-
Then the owner decided to immigrate, and he wants to sell the house now.
-
Well, I immigrated when I was a child to California.
-
So my parents immigrated here to United States from Asia.
-
Mothers in the study immigrated to Canada, on average, 25 years ago.
Academic text (2008) -
My family immigrated to Queens, NY.
-
He immigrated from Jamaica to a little house off Auburn Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, when he was 13 years old.
-
Every year, thirty thousand Koreans immigrate to the US.
Synonyms
34
3.7
To leave your own country to live in another country permanently
1
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
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word immigrate comes from in- meaning 'into' and migrate meaning 'to move', the same root you see in migrant and migration. So to immigrate is to 'move into' a country to live there.