emigrate (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *emigrate*:
VERB	change	emigrate	leave one's country of residence for a new one

emigrate > pronunciation
Sounds	eh'mahgrey.t
Rhymes	abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt...

English > *emigrate*: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaning	Leave one's country of residence for a new one.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
Example	"Many people had to emigrate during the Nazi period"
Entails	leave, go forth, go away	go away from a place
Narrower	expatriate	Move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad
Broader	migrate, transmigrate	Move from one country or region to another and settle there
Opposite	immigrate	Come into a new country and change residency
Spanish	emigrar
Catalan	emigrar
Nouns	emigrant	someone who leaves one country to settle in another
Nouns	emigration	migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)

HyperDic: emigrate