immigrate
verb
im·mi·grate
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immigrated;
immigrating
Definition of immigrate
: to enter and usually become established
especially
: to come into a country of which one is not a native for permanent residence
: to bring in or send as immigrants
Examples of immigrate in a Sentence
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The story, based on the award-winning memoir by St. Paul author Kao Kalia Yang, revolves around a father’s experience immigrating to the U.S. Yang’s chronicles of her father’s struggles won the 2017 Minnesota Book Award in Creative Non-Fiction. — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, "Knight Foundation grants $2 million to boost culture, vitality, access in downtown St. Paul," 8 Sep. 2019 Before immigrating to the United States in 1958, Ehrlich and his family lived in Argentina for 10 years. — Sergio Carmona, sun-sentinel.com, "Author: Those who survived the Holocaust must tell their story," 26 July 2019 The Kwok Family Founder: Kwok Tak-seng, a grocery wholesaler from Guangdong, immigrated to Hong Kong after the war and co-founded Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. in 1963. — Bloomberg.com, "Hong Kong's Tycoons Are Passing Massive Wealth to Their Heirs," 19 Mar. 2018 The family survived the London Blitz and eventually immigrated to the United States. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "Remembering Liane Russell, the Geneticist Who Studied Radiation’s Harmful Effects on Embryos," 26 Aug. 2019 One woman’s experience immigrating to the U.S. during World War II is featured in today’s package. — The Christian Science Monitor, "Encircling the interrupters with civility," 23 Aug. 2019 His father was Jewish, his mother Roman Catholic, and both had immigrated from Poland. — Daniel E. Slotnik, BostonGlobe.com, "Jean-Pierre Mocky, 90, iconoclastic French film director," 17 Aug. 2019 Experts thought that, with so much meat on the hoof, carnivores of all stripes would surely immigrate from surrounding areas of their own accord, but predator rebound has proved spotty — or not spotty enough. — Natalie Angier, New York Times, "Wild Pups Romp Again in an African Paradise," 3 Aug. 2019 After immigrating from India, the author became a naturalized American citizen in 2016. — Los Angeles Times, "Trump is challenging what it means to be American, and naturalized citizens are unsettled," 25 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'immigrate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for immigrate
immigrate
verb
English Language Learners Definition of immigrate
: to come to a country to live there
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immigrate
verb
im·mi·grate
| \ ˈi-mə-ˌgrāt
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immigrated;
immigrating
Kids Definition of immigrate
: to come into a foreign country to live
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