Emigrate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɛmɪɡɹeɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Emigrate is a verb meaning (intransitive) To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.
Meaning
(intransitive) To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- emigrates
- emigrating
- emigrated
Antonyms for emigrate
Common opposites include immigrate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include migrate, migration, emigrant, immigrate, immigrant, immigration.
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