emigrateverb [ I ]
uk/ˈem.ɪ.ɡreɪt/us/ˈem.ə.ɡreɪt/to leave a country permanently and go to live in another one:
Millions of Germans emigrated from Europe to America in the 19th century.
Thousands of Britons emigrate every year.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Changing homes & moving
- asylum seeker
- diaspora
- diaspora
- economic migrant
- foreign-returned
- migrant
- move on
- move out
- mover
- moving
- pull up stakes idiom
- remover
- resettle
- residence
- settle
- shelter
- stake
- stick
- transfer
- up sticks idiom
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emigration
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˌem.ɪˈɡreɪ.ʃən/us/ˌem.əˈɡreɪ.ʃən/