Synonyms for immigrate
ˈɪm ɪˌgreɪtim·mi·grate

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1. immigrateverb

   Antonyms:
   emigrate

2. immigrateverb

   Antonyms:
   emigrate

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1. immigrate

   To migrate is to change one's dwelling-place, usually with the idea of repeated change, or of periodical return; it applies to wandering tribes of men, and to many birds and animals. Emigrate and immigrate carry the idea of a permanent change of residence to some other country or some distant region; the two words are used distinctively of human beings, and apply to the same person and the same act, according to the side from which the action is viewed.

   Synonyms:
   emigrate, migrate

   Preposition:
   A person emigrates from the land he leaves, and immigrates to the land where he takes up his abode.

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1. immigrateverb

   migrate to a new environment

   "only few plants can immigrate to the island"

   Antonyms:
   emigrate

2. immigrateverb

   introduce or send as immigrants

   "Britain immigrated many colonists to America"

   Antonyms:
   emigrate

3. immigrateverb

   come into a new country and change residency

   "Many people immigrated at the beginning of the 20th century"

   Antonyms:
   emigrate

Matched Categories

1. • Introduce
   • Migrate

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1. List of paraphrases for "immigrate":

   immigrating, emigrate, immigrated, migrate, immigration

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1. Immigrate

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How to use immigrate in a sentence?

1. William Frey:

   I don't think in the US it's an issue of collapse, because we can certainly open the faucet for more immigrants anytime we want to, we'll have no paucity of people who want to come through the door to immigrate here in the future. Immigrants and their children are younger than the population as a whole and so that will help to keep the population from aging as well.

2. Sudan Haroun Idris:

   My only dream, the one thing I live for, is to escape this camp and immigrate to Europe to start a new life after years of misery.

3. David Bier:

   It tells me that the party is more interested in reducing the number of foreigners in the United States than in reducing illegal immigration, one reason to allow people to immigrate legally is to reduce the incentives to come illegally, and so this entire portion of that immigration bill is working at cross-purposes to the goal of securing the border and reducing illegal immigration.

4. Claude Arnold:

   There has been a period of affluence in China, so there are people of means who have the money and have a desire to immigrate to the United States.

5. Mike Pence:

   All of you aspired to be Americans, you stepped forward. You followed the law. You went through the process to immigrate into this great nation.