immigrate
verb
im·mi·grate ˈi-mə-ˌgrāt 
immigrated; immigrating
intransitive verb
: to enter and usually become established
especially : to come into a country of which one is not a native for permanent residence
transitive verb
: to bring in or send as immigrants
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web It’s this beautiful tradition held by people who immigrate to this country who share an identity. 
Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022 She is forced to immigrate to Japan after becoming pregnant out of wedlock. Michael Schneider, Variety, 23 June 2022 Ko was among the roughly 123,400 people who have already applied to immigrate to the U.K. under a new visa scheme that offers them a path to eventually attain British citizenship. Robert Olsen, Forbes, 30 June 2022 Many Ukrainians have tried without success to immigrate through regular channels to the United States for years. Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2022 The Atalele family has been in Gondar for the past 16 years, waiting to immigrate to Israel. Eliana Rudee, Sun Sentinel, 2 June 2022 Palestinians needed to immigrate to the United States. New York Times, 30 Mar. 2022 His family had spent nearly a decade traveling between Hong Kong and the United States to visit family before deciding to immigrate. cleveland, 25 Mar. 2022 The key innovation is to base eligibility to legally immigrate to the U.S. on accessing sponsorships from U.S. family members or from other volunteers in the United States. Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022 See More
Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022 She is forced to immigrate to Japan after becoming pregnant out of wedlock. Michael Schneider, Variety, 23 June 2022 Ko was among the roughly 123,400 people who have already applied to immigrate to the U.K. under a new visa scheme that offers them a path to eventually attain British citizenship. Robert Olsen, Forbes, 30 June 2022 Many Ukrainians have tried without success to immigrate through regular channels to the United States for years. Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2022 The Atalele family has been in Gondar for the past 16 years, waiting to immigrate to Israel. Eliana Rudee, Sun Sentinel, 2 June 2022 Palestinians needed to immigrate to the United States. New York Times, 30 Mar. 2022 His family had spent nearly a decade traveling between Hong Kong and the United States to visit family before deciding to immigrate. cleveland, 25 Mar. 2022 The key innovation is to base eligibility to legally immigrate to the U.S. on accessing sponsorships from U.S. family members or from other volunteers in the United States. Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Latin immigratus, past participle of immigrare to remove, go in, from in- + migrare to migrate
First Known Use
circa 1623, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
Kids Definition
immigrate
verb
im·mi·grate ˈi-mə-ˌgrāt
immigrated; immigrating
: to come into a foreign country to live
immigrated
verb
as in arrived
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- arrived
- came
- turned up
- dwelled
- showed up
- stayed
- remained
- settled
- tarried
- dwelt
- lodged
- abode
- abided
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- emigrated
- migrated
- relocated
- resettled
- moved
- departed
- got
- went
- exited
- stepped (along)
- walked out
- quit
- parted
- quitted
- packed (up or off)
- went off
- bailed
- bailed out
- took off
- shoved (off)
- buzzed (off)
- cleared out
- sallied (forth)
- vamoosed
- cut out
- booked
- pulled out
- bugged out
- scarpered
- cleared off
- buggered off
- dug out
- pushed on
- pushed off
- got off
- peeled off
- piked (out or off)
- ran along
- bugged off
