immigrate
verbUS, UK /ˈɪmɪɡɹeɪt/
Etymology From Latin immigratus, past participle of immigro (“remove, move into”).
1
To move into a foreign country to stay permanently.
- He knows hardship. He has experienced life in a cold-water flat in Moldova before he immigrated to the States.2023, Devika Rege, Quarterlife, Dialogue Books (2025), page 56:
- Antonyms
- emigrate
- Derived terms
- immigrant, immigration, immigrator
- Related terms
- migrate