- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Language Note, Word Parts
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intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
immigrates, immigrating, immigrated |
| definition: |
to take up permanent residence in a place or country to which one is not native.
My grandparents immigrated to the United States from Mexico.- similar words:
- emigrate, migrate
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transitive verb |
| definition: |
to introduce or bring into a new place as settlers.
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| derivation: |
immigrator (n.) |
Immigrate and
emigrate are verbs that are related and that sound almost alike.
Immigrate means to come to live in a country where one was not born.
Emigrate means to leave one country to settle in another.
Andrea immigrated to the United States from Bosnia. Her family emigrated because of the war.