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Emigrate vs. immigrate

Quick answer

Emigrate means leaving your country. Immigrate means coming into a new country.

emigrate

To leave your own country to live in another.

“Her grandparents emigrated from Italy.”

immigrate

To come to live permanently in a new country.

“They immigrated to Canada in 1990.”

How to remember

Emigrate = Exit. Immigrate = In.

Test yourself

He decided to _____ from Ireland.

Many families _____ to the US every year.