Immigrate

//ˈɪmɪɡɹeɪt// verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To move into a foreign country to stay permanently. intransitive

    "He knows hardship. He has experienced life in a cold-water flat in Moldova before he immigrated to the States."

  2. 2
    come into a new country and change residency wordnet
  3. 3
    introduce or send as immigrants wordnet
  4. 4
    migrate to a new environment wordnet

Synonyms

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emigrateexpatriateflitmigraterunswarm

Example

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"When did you immigrate to our country?"

Etymology

From Latin immigratus, past participle of immigro (“remove, move into”).

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