immigrate
/ˈɪmɪɡɹeɪt/
immigrate verb: to move into a foreign country to stay permanently.
Verb
immigrate (third-person singular simple present immigrates, present participle immigrating, simple past and past participle immigrated)
- To move into a foreign country to stay permanently.
- He knows hardship. He has experienced life in a cold-water flat in Moldova before he immigrated to the States.2023, Devika Rege, Quarterlife, Dialogue Books (2025), page 56
immigrate meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
immigrate in Hindi
- to move into a foreign country or area
- आप्रवास āpravās
immigrate in Urdu
- حجرت کرنا, وطن چھوڑنا
immigrate in Bengali
- অভিবাসন করা
immigrate in Malayalam
- പരദേശത്തുനിന്ന് വന്ന് അധിവസിക്കുക, കുടിയേറിപ്പാർക്കുക
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- immigrate in Kannada
- ವಲಸೆ ಬರು, ನೆಲೆ ನಿಲ್ಲಲು ಬರು, ನೆಲಸಲು ಬರು, ಗುಳೆಹೋಗು
- immigrate in Arabic
- هَاجَرَ hājara
- immigrate in Vietnamese
- nhập cư
Examples of immigrate in a sentence
- Many who immigrate illegally fall victim to gangmasters, who exploit them for low pay under extreme conditions.
- When he immigrated he changed his name to the anglicised form so the natives could pronounce it correctly.
- The Amerasian's spouse and minor, unmarried children are eligible to immigrate along with him or her.
Antonyms of immigrate
Forms of immigrate
| third-person singular present | immigrates |
|---|---|
| present participle | immigrating |
| past participle | immigrated |
| past | immigrated |
Origin of immigrate
From Latin immigratus, past participle of immigro (“remove, move into”).
Words formed from immigrate
Questions about immigrate
- What does immigrate mean?
- Immigrate means to move into a foreign country to stay permanently.
- What is immigrate in Hindi?
- Immigrate in Hindi is आप्रवास (āpravās). See Immigrate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is immigrate?
- Immigrate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce immigrate?
- Immigrate is pronounced /ˈɪmɪɡɹeɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of immigrate?
- The past tense of immigrate is immigrated.
Words near immigrate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: immigrate (page history and authors); immigrate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Immigrate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); immigrate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); immigrate (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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