immigrate vs. emigrate

immigrate vs. emigrate

 

immigrate

(come to a foreign country to live there permanently)

• We immigrated to the United States when I was 10 years old.
• When did you immigrate to Australia?

 

emigrate

(leave your own country to live permanently in another country)

• We had to emigrate from our country during the war.
• They planned to emigrate and start a new life in Germany.

 

 

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