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immigrate

verb/ˈɪmɪɡɹeɪt/

What It Means

To move into a foreign country to stay permanently.

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Immigrate in Context

“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

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From Latin immigratus, past participle of immigro (“remove, move into”).

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