emigrate
Syllables: em·i·grate/ˈɛmɪɡɹeɪt/
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pin pen merger/ˈɪmɪɡɹeɪt/
emigrate verb: to leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.
Verb
emigrate (third-person singular simple present emigrates, present participle emigrating, simple past and past participle emigrated)
- To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.
- Forced to emigrate in a body to America.1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green...
- They [the Huns] were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths.1872, John Henry Newman, Historical Sketches
emigrate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
emigrate in Hindi
- to leave one's country in order to reside elsewhere
- उत्प्रवास utpravās
emigrate in Tamil
- குடி பெயர், நாடு பெயர்ந்து குடியேறு
emigrate in Urdu
- حجرت کرنا, ترک وطن کرنا
emigrate in Bengali
- দেশত্যাগ করা
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- emigrate in Malayalam
- വിദേശത്ത് കുടിയേറുക, നാടുവിട്ടുപോവുക, പരദേശത്തു പോകാൻ സഹായിക്കുക
- emigrate in Kannada
- ವಲಸೆಹೋಗು, ಗುಳೆಹೋಗು, ನಿರ್ಗಮಿಸು, ಊರೇರು
Examples of emigrate in a sentence
- The government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them.
- His family emigrated to America in the interwar years.
- He emigrated and now lives overseas.
Antonyms of emigrate
Forms of emigrate
| third-person singular present | emigrates |
|---|---|
| present participle | emigrating |
| past participle | emigrated |
| past | emigrated |
Origin of emigrate
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”).
Words formed from emigrate
Questions about emigrate
- What does emigrate mean?
- Emigrate means to leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.
- What is emigrate in Hindi?
- Emigrate in Hindi is उत्प्रवास (utpravās). See Emigrate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is emigrate?
- Emigrate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce emigrate?
- Emigrate is pronounced /ˈɛmɪɡɹeɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of emigrate?
- The past tense of emigrate is emigrated.
Words near emigrate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: emigrate (page history and authors); emigrate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emigrate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Emigrate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emigrate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emigrate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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