IMMIGRATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does immigrate mean?
• IMMIGRATE (verb)
The verb IMMIGRATE has 3 senses:
1. migrate to a new environment
2. introduce or send as immigrants
3. come into a new country and change residency
Familiarity information: IMMIGRATE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• IMMIGRATE (verb)
Meaning:
Migrate to a new environment
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
only few plants can immigrate to the island
Hypernyms (to "immigrate" is one way to...):
migrate; transmigrate (move from one country or region to another and settle there)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Introduce or send as immigrants
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Britain immigrated many colonists to America
Hypernyms (to "immigrate" is one way to...):
bring in; introduce (bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Meaning:
Come into a new country and change residency
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Many people immigrated at the beginning of the 20th century
Hypernyms (to "immigrate" is one way to...):
migrate; transmigrate (move from one country or region to another and settle there)
"Immigrate" entails doing...:
arrive; come; get (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Antonym:
emigrate (leave one's country of residence for a new one)
