emigrate

intr.v., -grat·ed, -grat·ing, -grates.
To leave one country or region to settle in another. See Usage Note at migrate.

[Latin ēmigrāre, ēmigrāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + migrāre, to move.]

emigration em'i·gra'tion (ĕm'ĭ-grā'shən) n.

verb

To leave one's native land and settle in another: immigrate, migrate, transmigrate. See approach/retreat.

v

Definition: move to new country
Antonyms: remain, stay

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The escape of leukocytes through the walls of small blood vessels; diapedesis.

IN BRIEF: To leave one's country to settle in another.

Our neighbors decided to emigrate to Mexico because of the warmer weather.

Tutor's tip: Many people try to "emigrate" (leave a country in order to settle elsewhere) from their home countries for political asylum, but only few are allowed to "immigrate" (settle in a new country) into the United States.

Common misspelling(s) of emigrated

• emmigrated

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - emigrere, udvandre

Nederlands (Dutch)
emigreren

Français (French)
v. intr. - émigrer

Deutsch (German)
v. - auswandern, emigrieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μεταναστεύω, εκπατρίζομαι, ξενιτεύομαι, μισεύω

Italiano (Italian)
emigrare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - emigrar

Русский (Russian)
эмигрировать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - emigrar, expatriarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - utvandra, emigrera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
移居外国

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 移居外國

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 이주하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 移住する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يهاجر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮היגר‬

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