Definition of emigrate
emigrated
;emigrating
intransitive verb
: to leave one's place of residence or country to live elsewhere emigrated from Canada to the United States
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France has been vocal about the need to stem climate change, partnering with nations like India to develop new solar energy options and even pledging research dollars to American scientists willing to emigrate to work on climate projects.
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His involvement in that effort forced him to emigrate for fear for his life.
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The highlands hold traces of ancient Jewish communities, though most of Ethiopia’s Jews emigrated to Israel in the 1980s and ’90s to escape famine, persecution and civil war.
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Avril has made no secret about his desire to reconnect with his roots and give back to the country his parents were born in and emigrated from in the early 1980s.
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The elder Dernbach was born in Canada after her parents emigrated from Glasgow, Scotland.
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My father, Harry, had emigrated from Russia and settled in Amsterdam, N.Y.
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Many emigrated to the U.S., the U.K. and elsewhere in Europe in search of hope, peace and security.
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Panopoulos was born in Greece and emigrated to Canada in 1954.
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Did You Know?
Migrate, emigrate, and immigrate are all about being on the move. All those terms come from the Latin word migrare, which means "to move from one place to another." Emigrate and immigrate sound alike, and it is true that both involve leaving one location and entering another. The subtle difference between them lies in point of view: emigrate stresses leaving the original place, while immigrate focuses on entering the new one. You won't have trouble keeping them straight if you remember that the prefix e- means "away," as in eject, and the prefix im- or in- means "into," as in inject.
Origin and Etymology of emigrate
Latin emigratus, past participle of emigrare, from e- + migrare to migrate
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: to leave one country or region to live in another My grandparents emigrated from China.
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