emigrate
verb (used without object)
to leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate.
emigrates
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present tense formof emigrate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The two lose contact for 12 years after Nora’s family emigrates to the United States and reconnect after Hae-sung finds her again on Facebook.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2024
The top prize for best feature went to drama Past Lives, about childhood sweethearts in South Korea who are separated when one emigrates to the US.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2023
“No one emigrates from their country because they want to. One migrates because you have basic needs and there isn’t support in your native country,” she said, starting to cry.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
It also alluded to a social reality — the way kitchen houses are locked up when a family emigrates.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
The hero, a young English lad, after rather a stormy boyhood emigrates to Australia, and gets employment as an officer in the mounted police.
From The Little Princess of Tower Hill by L. T. Meade
