immigrate
verb (used without object)
to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residence.
was immigrating
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past progressiveof immigrate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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After his legal appeals were exhausted, Gellers informed the state attorney general that he was immigrating to Israel, where he adopted his Hebrew birth name, Tuvia Ben-Shmuel-Yosef.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2020
