emigrate

CEFRB2

/ˈɛmɪɡɹeɪt/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To leave your country to live permanently in another.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.

Examples

  • They are going to emigrate to America.

  • They are going to emigrate to the United States.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Deep Dive

More examples

In context

  • Forced to emigrate in a body to America.

  • They [the Huns] were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths.

  • Her family was planning to emigrate to the U.S. from Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) and couldn't afford school fees.

Antonyms

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The family decided to blank to Canada for permanent residence.

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Origin

verb

From Latin emigratus, perfect passive participle of emigro (“to move away, remove, depart from a place”), from ex- (“out of, from”) + migro (“to move, remove, depart”).