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to remigrate

to remigrate

7.8
To move again to the same or a new place after you have already moved once
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈmaɪɡreɪt/
translation icon : remigrar
  • Many birds remigrate to the same nesting grounds each year.

Examples

  • She plans to remigrate to her hometown next year.

  • The policy encouraged refugees to remigrate once their villages were rebuilt.

  • After several years abroad, the family decided to remigrate to their homeland.

  • Many people choose to remigrate after living abroad for years.

  • After several years abroad, the family decided to remigrate to their homeland.

  • Many people choose to remigrate after living abroad for years.

  • She plans to remigrate to her hometown next year.

Synonyms

to relocate
vsto remigrate
147 3.7

Move to a new place and start living or working there

involves doing that move again after an earlier move
to migrate
vsto remigrate
76 3.1

To move from one place to another to live, often for work or because seasons change

means repeating that kind of movement after an earlier relocation
to emigrate
vsto remigrate
34 3.7

To leave your own country to live in another country permanently

means making such an international move again rather than the first time
to resettle
vsto remigrate
15 4.3

Move to a new place to live when something forces you to leave your home

involves repeating a move rather than moving to a new home once
to reinhabit
vsto remigrate
7.6

To live in a place again after leaving it

covers both returning and moving again to a different place

Surface Forms

remigrate infinitive
remigrated past
remigrated past participle
remigrating present participle
remigrates third person singular

Morphology

remigrate = migrate (transparent) = re + migrate

This is a standard and semantically clear use of re- meaning 'again' added to 'migrate'.

Etymology

Remigrate comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the word migrate meaning 'to move to another place', as in migration. So to remigrate is to 'move again', for example returning to your homeland or moving to a new country after you have already migrated.