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ĭʹmĭ.grāt'
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈɪmɪɡɹeɪt/
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homophone: emigrate (pin–pen merger)
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CMU ARPABET:
IH1 M AH0 G R EY2 T
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To move into a foreign country to stay permanently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
come into a new country and change residency
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Many people immigrated at the beginning of the 20th century
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: emigrate
Broader terms: migrate, transmigrate
introduce or send as immigrants
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Britain immigrated many colonists to America
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bring in, introduce
migrate to a new environment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
only few plants can immigrate to the island
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: migrate, transmigrate
From Latin immigratus, past participle of immigro (“remove, move into”).
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
هَاجَرَ
(hājara)
— to move into a foreign country or area
Armenian :
ներգաղթել
(nergaġtʻel)
— to move into a foreign country or area
Bulgarian :
емигрирам
(emigriram)
— to move into a foreign country or area
Bulgarian :
преселвам се
(preselvam se)
— to move into a foreign country or area
Catalan :
immigrar
— to move into a foreign country or area
Chinese Cantonese :
移民
(ji4 man4)
— to move into a foreign country or area
Chinese Mandarin :
移民
(yímín)
— to move into a foreign country or area
Chinese Mandarin :
移居
(yíjū)
— to move into a foreign country or area
Danish :
immigrere
— to move into a foreign country or area
Danish :
indvandre
— to move into a foreign country or area
Dutch :
immigreren
— to move into a foreign country or area
Esperanto :
enmigri
— to move into a foreign country or area
Finnish :
muuttaa maahan
— to move into a foreign country or area
French :
immigrer
— to move into a foreign country or area
German :
einwandern
— to move into a foreign country or area
German :
immigrieren
— to move into a foreign country or area
Hebrew :
הִגֵּר
(higér)
— to move into a foreign country or area
Hindi :
आप्रवास
(āpravās)
— to move into a foreign country or area
Ido :
enmigrar
— to move into a foreign country or area
Italian :
immigrare
— to move into a foreign country or area
Japanese :
移住する
(ijū suru)
— to move into a foreign country or area
Japanese :
移民する
(imin suru)
— to move into a foreign country or area
Khmer :
ធ្វើអន្តោប្រវេសន៍
(thvəə ʼɑntaoprɑveeh)
— to move into a foreign country or area
Lao :
ເຂົ້າເມືອງ
(khao mư̄ang)
— to move into a foreign country or area
Norwegian :
immigrere
— to move into a foreign country or area
Polish :
imigrować
— to move into a foreign country or area
Portuguese :
imigrar
— to move into a foreign country or area
Russian :
иммигри́ровать
(immigrírovatʹ)
— to move into a foreign country or area
Russian :
переселя́ться
(pereseljátʹsja)
— to move into a foreign country or area
Russian :
пересели́ться
(pereselítʹsja)
— to move into a foreign country or area
Scottish Gaelic :
dèan in-imrich
— to move into a foreign country or area
Serbo-Croatian :
imigrirati
— to move into a foreign country or area
Serbo-Croatian :
имигрирати
— to move into a foreign country or area
Spanish :
inmigrar
— to move into a foreign country or area
Swedish :
immigrera
— to move into a foreign country or area
Swedish :
invandra
— to move into a foreign country or area
Turkish :
göçmek
— to move into a foreign country or area
Turkish :
göç etmek
— to move into a foreign country or area
Vietnamese :
nhập cư
— to move into a foreign country or area
Yiddish :
אײַנוואַנדערן
(aynvandern)
— to move into a foreign country or area