Past tense of emigrate
regular verb
The past tense of emigrate is emigrated. The past participle is also emigrated.
Forms of emigrate
| Base form (V1) | emigrate /ˈɛmɪɡɹeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | emigrated |
| Past participle (V3) | emigrated |
| Present participle | emigrating |
| Third person singular | emigrates |
Emigrated in a sentence
- His family emigrated to America in the interwar years.From the entry interwar
- He emigrated and now lives overseas.From the entry overseas
- Cetin emigrated from Turkey and is a legal U.S resident, according to an initial police investigation.2016 September 24, “Man suspected of killing 5 people at Burlington mall arrested near Oak Harbor”, in KCBY, archived from the original on…. From the entry Arcan
- It appears that the Egyptians withdrew to the north, while the local population emigrated to the south.1978, Friedrich W. Hinkel, Exodus from Nubia, Akademie Verlag, page 27. From the entry nubia
- I became a ten-pound tourist, and emigrated to Australia.2009, Sebastian Balfour, Laurie Howes, Michael De Larrabeiti, Anthony Weale, editors, Trinity Tales: Trinity College Dublin in the…. From the entry ten pound tourist
Meaning of emigrate
- verb To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.
Questions about the past tense of emigrate
- What is the past tense of emigrate?
- The past tense of emigrate is emigrated.
- What is the past participle of emigrate?
- The past participle of emigrate is emigrated.
- Is emigrate a regular or irregular verb?
- Emigrate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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