Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To enter and settle in a country or region to which one is not native.
- intransitive verb To send or introduce as immigrants.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To pass or come into, as a new habitat or place of residence; especially, to remove into a country of which one is not a native for the purpose of permanent residence; migrate or be conveyed into and settle in another country or region.
- Synonyms Emigrate, etc. See
migrate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To come into a country of which one is not a native, for the purpose of permanent residence. See
emigrate .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To move into another country to stay there permanently.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb migrate to a new environment
- verb come into a new country and change residency
- verb introduce or send as immigrants
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Eventually institutional quality falls so much that the incentive to immigrate is reduced and population flows reach equilibrium.
Immigration: Has the Public Been Ignored?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The biggest immigration innovation during the 1930s was the use of a loophole in the country of origin quotas to allow professors to immigrate, which is how people like Fermi, Teller, Szilard, and so many others were allowed to enter outside the quotas. eric k Says:
Matthew Yglesias » Brink Lindsey Accuses Progressives of Peddling “Nostalgianomics” 2009
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To emigrate is to go from a land to immigrate is to go into it.
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So-called immigrate rights have to take a second priority as long as our border with Mexico leaks like the Washington press corps.
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I wonder how many of the "immigrate" run stores also keep the overhead lover by massively cheating on their taxes?
Mmm... Immigration Doughnuts, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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I believe that it is nonsense that 40% of Mexicans want to "immigrate" or "emigrate" to the United States.
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Tom G has used the term "immigrate," and the FM-3 status is a non-immigrant status.
Can Americans be actively involved in politics in Mexico? 2004
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Arizona has been in the news a lot these days, and so for this week's job we are calling all senior bankruptcy attorneys who may be looking to "immigrate" there.
Above the Law 2010
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Arizona has been in the news a lot these days, and so for this week's job we are calling all senior bankruptcy attorneys who may be looking to "immigrate" there.
Above the Law 2010
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Arizona has been in the news a lot these days, and so for this week's job we are calling all senior bankruptcy attorneys who may be looking to "immigrate" there.
Above the Law 2010
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