EMIGRATE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does emigrate mean? 

• EMIGRATE (verb)
  The verb EMIGRATE has 1 sense:

1. leave one's country of residence for a new one

  Familiarity information: EMIGRATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMIGRATE (verb)

Meaning:

Leave one's country of residence for a new one

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

Many people had to emigrate during the Nazi period

Hypernyms (to "emigrate" is one way to...):

migrate; transmigrate (move from one country or region to another and settle there)

"Emigrate" entails doing...:

go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "emigrate"):

expatriate (move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad)

Sentence frames:

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Antonym:

immigrate (come into a new country and change residency)