Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense emigrates, present participle emigrating, past tense, past participle emigrated
verb
If you emigrate, you leave your own country to live in another country.
He emigrated to Belgium. [VERB + to]
They planned to emigrate. [VERB]
Synonyms: move abroad, move, relocate, migrate More Synonyms of emigrate
emigration (emɪgreɪʃən)uncountable noun
...the huge emigration of workers to the West. [+ of]
Synonyms: departure, removal, migration, exodus More Synonyms of emigrate
emigrate in British English
(ˈɛmɪˌɡreɪt)
verb
(intransitive)
to leave one place or country, esp one's native country, in order to settle in another
Compare immigrate
Derived forms
emigratory (ˈemiˌgratory)
adjective
Word origin
C18: from Latin ēmīgrāre, from mīgrāre to depart, migrate
emigrate in American English
(ˈɛmɪˌgreɪt)
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈemiˌgrated or ˈemiˌgrating
to leave one country or region to settle in another
see also immigrate
SIMILAR WORDS: ˈmiˌgrate
Word origin
< L emigratus, pp. of emigrare, to move away < e-, out + migrare, to move, migrate
Examples of 'emigrate' in a sentence
emigrate
Afterwards I tried to let them know that we could arrange for the son to emigrate to the States, and that there would be a job for him.
Gaskin, Catherine THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
He'd been a solicitor's clerk when he decided to emigrate to America.
Gaskin, Catherine THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
In other languages
emigrate
British English: emigrate /ˈɛmɪˌɡreɪt/ VERB
If you emigrate, you leave your own country to live in another.
He emigrated last year.
American English: emigrate
Arabic: يُهَاجِرُ
Brazilian Portuguese: emigrar
Chinese: 移民
Croatian: emigrirati
Czech: emigrovat
Danish: emigrere
Dutch: emigreren
European Spanish: emigrar
Finnish: muuttaa maasta
French: émigrer
German: auswandern
Greek: μεταναστεύω
Italian: emigrare
Japanese: 移住する
Korean: 이주하다
Norwegian: emigrere
Polish: wyemigrować
European Portuguese: emigrar
Romanian: a emigra
Russian: эмигрировать
Latin American Spanish: emigrar
Swedish: emigrera
Thai: อพยพย้ายถิ่นฐาน
Turkish: göç etmek
Ukrainian: емігрувати
Vietnamese: di cư
Chinese translation of 'emigrate'
emigrate
(ˈɛmɪɡreɪt)
vi
移居外国(國) (yíjū wàiguó)
请勿将 emigrate 和 migrate 混淆。emigrate 是指离开你出生的国家，前往另一国定居。 Michael and Jane are talking about emigrating to Australia. 迈克尔和简在谈论移民到澳大利亚的事。 In 1973 he eventually emigrated and settled in France. 1973年他终于移民了，并在法国定居了下来。migrate 是指许多人暂时离开某个国家或地区，通常是因为他们需要工作或钱。 Millions have migrated to the cities because they could not survive in rural areas. 数以百万的人移居城市，因为他们在农村无法生存下去。migrate 还指鸟类，鱼类或其他动物在每年的某个特定时间因为繁衍或寻求食物而从一个地方迁徙到另一个地方。 Every spring they migrate towards the coast. 每年春天他们都迁徙至海岸。请注意 emigrate 和 immigrate之间的区别。emigrate 是指移出某个国家，而 immigrate 是指移入某个国家。emigration 和 immigration 的区别，emigrant 和 immigrant 的区别跟上述 emigrate 和 immigrate 的区别是一样的。有一个有助记忆的小窍门。具有离开含义的 emigrate 的开头字母是 ‘e'，正如 exit （出口）的开头字母也是‘e'。
(verb)
Definition
to leave one's native country to settle in another country
He emigrated to Belgium.
Synonyms
move abroad
move
My home is in Yorkshire and I don't want to move.
relocate
Should they be forced to relocate at the end of the contract?
migrate
The farmers have to migrate if they want to survive.
remove
They removed to America.
resettle
leave your country
Additional synonyms
in the sense of migrate
Definition
to go from one place to settle in another, esp. in a foreign country
The farmers have to migrate if they want to survive.
Synonyms
move,
travel,
journey,
wander,
shift,
drift,
trek,
voyage,
roam,
emigrate,
rove
in the sense of move
Definition
to start to live or work in a different place
My home is in Yorkshire and I don't want to move.
Synonyms
relocate,
leave,
remove,
quit,
go away,
migrate,
emigrate,
move house,
flit (Scottish, NorthernEngland, dialect),
decamp,
up sticks (British, informal),
pack your bags (informal),
change residence
in the sense of relocate
Definition
to move or be moved to a new place of work
Should they be forced to relocate at the end of the contract?