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# emigrate

verb (emigrate, emigrates, emigrated, emigrating)

«emigrate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To leave your own country to go and live permanently in another country. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emigrate/#m1)

### In the lessons

In history and geography lessons, many people emigrated from Ireland, Britain, Italy and elsewhere to the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand looking for work and a better life. In everyday life, families emigrate for jobs or to be near relatives. Phrases: «emigrate to», «emigrate from».

### Examples

- My grandparents emigrated from Ireland to Canada. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emigrate/#x1)
- Many families emigrated to Australia by ship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emigrate/#x2)
- They emigrated to New Zealand for a new life. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emigrate/#x3)
- Her uncle plans to emigrate next spring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emigrate/#x4)
- Millions of people emigrated during hard times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emigrate/#x5)
- He emigrated from Scotland and never returned. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emigrate/#x6)
- He emigrated into Greece, where, at the court of Oenomaus, king of Elis, he beheld Hippodamia, the king's daughter, whose beauty won his heart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emigrate/#x7)

### Note

Trap: «emigrate» = leave your country (exit); «immigrate» = come into a new country (in). The same family emigrates FROM Ireland and immigrates TO Canada. Nouns: «emigration», «emigrant». «Migrate» is used more for animals moving with the seasons.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «emigrate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emigrate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«emigrate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/emigrate.html) on Mova free.