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emigrate

verb
EM-i-grayt/ˈɛmɪɡɹeɪt/

Formsemigrates, emigrating, emigrated

Often confused with immigrate

1 meaning of emigrate

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    verbintransitive
    To leave the country where you live, often your home country, to live somewhere else.

    My grandparents decided to emigrate from Italy after the war.

    Many young nurses are emigrating to find better jobs abroad.

    Similarmigrate, relocate, move

    Oppositeimmigrate

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Origin

It comes from a Latin word meaning "to move away from a place".