immigrate
verb (used without object)
to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residence.
immigrated
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past participleof immigrate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof immigrate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
immigrateverb (used without object)to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residence.
Example Sentences
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His parents immigrated to the US from Ghana.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
University of Wisconsin-Madison professor , who won the Nobel Prize for physics this year, immigrated from Belgium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Musk was born in South Africa and then immigrated to Canada before settling in the US.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
I was 22, about the age Suvorova’s mother was when they immigrated to the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
When she immigrated to the United States with my parents before I was born, she enthusiastically embraced American New Age culture like a long-lost friend.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
