immigrate
pronunciation
How to pronounce immigrate in British English:
UK [ˈɪmɪɡreɪt]
How to pronounce immigrate in American English:
US [ˈɪmɪɡreɪt]
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- Verb:
- migrate to a new environment
- introduce or send as immigrants
- come into a new country and change residency
Word Origin
- immigrate (v.)
- 1620s, from Latin immigratum, past participle of imigrare "to remove, go into, move in," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + migrare "to move" (see migration). Related: Immigrated; immigrating.
Example
- 1. Like the generational effects on religious conversion , there are important differences between asian americans who immigrate to the united states and those who are born as first-generation americans .