emigrate vs immigrate :

emigrate or immigrate

To “emigrate” is to leave a country. The E at the beginning of the word is related to the E in other words having to do with going out, such as “exit.” “Immigrate,” in contrast, looks as if it might have something to do with going in, and indeed it does: it means to move into a new country. The same distinction applies to “emigration” and “immigration.” Note the double M in the second form. A migrant is someone who continually moves about.

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Definitions

  • v  leave one's country of residence for a new one
    Many people had to emigrate during the Nazi period

  • v  migrate to a new environment
    only few plants can immigrate to the island
  • v  introduce or send as immigrants
    Britain immigrated many colonists to America
  • v  come into a new country and change residency
    Many people immigrated at the beginning of the 20th century
News & Articles


  • 'Immigrants Are More Fertile,' Jeb Bush Says In Reform Speech
    Jeb Bush has created a stir with remarks he made during a speech on immigration, in which he said that women who immigrate to America are more fertile than women who are born in the country. "Immigrants create far more businesses than native-born Americans, over the last 20 years," Bush...
    June 15, 2013 - Georgia Public Broadcasting
  • 'Immigrants Are More Fertile,' Jeb Bush Says In Reform Speech
    Jeb Bush has created a stir with remarks he made during a speech on immigration, in which he said that women who immigrate to America are more fertile than women who are born in the country. "Immigrants create far more businesses than native-born Americans, over the last 20 years," Bush...
    June 15, 2013 - Georgia Public Broadcasting