emigrate

emi·grate (em′i grāt′)

intransitive verb -·grat′ed, -·grat′·ing

to leave one country or region to settle in another

Etymology: < L emigratus, pp. of emigrare, to move away < e-, out + migrare, to move, migrate

Object

year: Moreover, some 150,000 British citizens emigrate every year.
month: We stayed a couple of weeks in Wellington with UK friends who had emigrated only a few months before.

Preposition: as

result: Artists who did not produce pictures like this had their paintings banned, and many emigrated as a result.

Adjective complement

first: He began taking drawing classes in 1928 before emigrating first to Canada, then to Detroit in 1930.

Modifying Another Word

abroad: It is reported that " Prince Tufiakine emigrated abroad, where he passed the rest of his life.
subsequently: William had married Rebecca REVELL from Gresley Burton on Trent and had subsequently emigrate to the U.S.A. in 1904.
eventually: The actor left Germany for Paris upon the election of Hitler in 1933, eventually emigrating to Hollywood.
there: She lived in East Africa for the first thirteen years of her life - her grandparents emigrated there from India.
recently: O'Lachlan recently emigrated from Australia to Los Angeles to further his film career.
then: They then emigrated to the United States of America to look for work.

Used with why or when

when: His parents emigrated when he was very young and Frank began recording at the age of 15.

Infinitive complement

find: In the US, much of his work was based among the black Cuban tobacco workers who had emigrated to find work.
live: Throughout the century thousands of people emigrated to live in other countries.

Preposition: in

year: Still, over 100,000 Scots emigrated in these years.
order: Other came to improve their economic circumstances while some young men emigrated in order to avoid military service.
1970s: Murat Kurnaz ( pictured ), aged 23, is a Turkish national born in Germany, where his parents emigrated in the 1970s.
future: The more interesting answer was the 13 % of people who told ICM they were hoping to emigrate in the near future.

Preposition: from

country: They emigrated from the Scottish border country about 1851 to Ontario, Canada.

Preposition: for

reason: Some 24 per cent of the respondents said they would emigrate for financial reasons, finding the pound rate too expensive.

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