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out-migrate

American  
[out-mahy-greyt] / ˈaʊtˌmaɪ greɪt /

verb (used without object)

out-migrated, out-migrating

  1. to leave a region, community, etc., to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory.

    People are no longer out-migrating from the South in such large numbers.

Other Word Forms

  • out-migration noun

Etymology

Origin of out-migrate

First recorded in 1950–55

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