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- pronunciation:
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greIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
emigrates, emigrating, emigrated |
| definition: |
to leave one country or region, usu. the country of origin, in order to settle in another.
Her ancestors emigrated from Ireland during the famine and came to the United States. |
| related words: |
migrate, move |
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| derivation: |
emigrative (adj.) |
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