emigrate
verb (used without object)
to leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate.
had emigrated
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past perfectof emigrate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Marion grew up in Stranraer in the 1960s where she fell for an older man who had emigrated from Pakistan.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Rubio was born in Miami on May 28, 1971, to Cuban parents who had emigrated 15 years earlier to escape poverty.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Many of the volunteers had emigrated from Europe to escape the Nazis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
She had emigrated from Tehran 10 years ago and brought her husband, infant son and mother to celebrate in Westwood, the epicenter of L.A.’s sprawling Iranian diaspora.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026
That year, and for the following few years, the representative was a Mr. Serin, a former director of prisons in his native Sweden who had emigrated to Rhodesia.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
