immigrate vs emigrate
Definitions
verb
- migrate to a new environment
- come into a new country and change residency
- introduce or send as immigrants
Examples
Moreover, the abrogation of indenture contracts in 1900 eliminated the condition under which many Japanese immigrated to this country.
Inside the box was a Polish cookbook, Rose Petal Jam, by Simon Target my half-English, half-Australian pal and his wife Beata Zatorska, whom I have never met, a Polish family doctor who had immigrated to Sydney twenty years ago.
Most farm workers descend from Africans who immigrated to Zimbabwe specifically to work on these farms.
Definitions
verb
- leave one's country of residence for a new one
Examples
He is a Berlin gestaltist who emigrated to the United States, became professor of the Psychology of Art at Harvard University and published 13 books on gestalt theory and art.
John emigrated to England at the age of eighteen.
He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia
