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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024im•mi•grate /ˈɪmɪˌgreɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + to + object], -grat•ed, -grat•ing. - to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually to live there permanently:They immigrated to the United States in the 1850's.
See -migr-. Note carefully the difference between emigrate and immigrate, both of which involve travel and a country. When you emigrate you come out of a country, or leave it; the preposition to use is from:She found it hard to emigrate from her home country.With immigrate the action is to the new country you are going toward or entering; the preposition is usually to:She immigrated to the United States in 1907. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024im•mi•grate (im′i grāt′),USA pronunciation v., -grat•ed, -grat•ing. v.i. - to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residence.
- to pass or come into a new habitat or place, as an organism.
v.t. - to introduce as settlers:to immigrate cheap labor.
- Latin immigrātus (past participle of immigrāre to move into). See im-1, migrate
- 1615–25
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See migrate.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: immigrate /ˈɪmɪˌɡreɪt/ vb - (intransitive) to come to a place or country of which one is not a native in order to settle there
- (transitive) to introduce or bring in as an immigrant
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin immigrāre to go into, from im- + migrāre to moveˈimmiˌgratory adj ˈimmiˌgrator n |