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emigrated

emigrated is the simple past and past participle of emigrate.

Meaning of emigrate

Verb

emigrate (third-person singular simple present emigrates, present participle emigrating, simple past and past participle emigrated)

  1. (intransitive) 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...

Questions about emigrated

What is emigrated the simple past and past participle of?
Emigrated is the simple past and past participle of emigrate.

Words near emigrated in the dictionary

  1. Emigh
  2. Emighs
  3. emigrant
  4. emigrants
  5. emigrate
  6. emigrated
  7. emigrates
  8. emigrating
  9. emigration
  10. emigrational
  11. emigrationist

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