emigrate
verb (used without object)
to leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate.
is emigrating
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present progressiveof emigrate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Nor is emigrating to Canada just about escape.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 14, 2016
Before, people said, ‘Look, there is no future, everyone is emigrating.’
From New York Times ● May 11, 2013
Next week the family is emigrating all over again.
From Time Magazine Archive
The density is easing only where it can least be afforded: the cream of Bajan youth is emigrating to the better opportunities in the U.S.,
From Time Magazine Archive
