immigrate

(ĭm'ĭ-grāt')

v., -grat·ed, -grat·ing, -grates.

v.intr.
To enter and settle in a country or region to which one is not native. See Usage Note at migrate.

v.tr.
To send or introduce as immigrants: Britain immigrated many colonists to the New World.

[Latin immigrāre, immigrāt-, to go into : in-, in; see in-² + migrāre, to depart.]

immigration im'mi·gra'tion n.
immigrational im'mi·gra'tion·al adj.

verb

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

v

Definition: enter a foreign area
Antonyms: emigrate, stay

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IN BRIEF: To come to live in a country where one was not born.

America allowed many who were starving in their own countries to immigrate at the start of the 20th century.

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.

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - indvandre, immigrere
v. tr. - lade indvandre

Nederlands (Dutch)
immigreren

Français (French)
v. intr. - immigrer
v. tr. - immigrer

Deutsch (German)
v. - einwandern, immigrieren

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

Italiano (Italian)
immigrare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - imigrar

Русский (Russian)
иммигрировать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - inmigrar
v. tr. - inmigrar, introducir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - immigrera, invandra, införa (invandrare)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
移来, 使移居入境

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 移來
v. tr. - 使移居入境

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 이주하다
v. tr. - 이주시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 移住させる, 移住する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يهاجر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮היגר, עלה‬
v. tr. - ‮הביא מהגר או עולה‬

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