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emigrating

emigrating is the present participle and gerund 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...

Words formed from emigrating

Questions about emigrating

What is emigrating the present participle and gerund of?
Emigrating is the present participle and gerund of emigrate.

Words near emigrating in the dictionary

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

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