immigrate
/ˈɪmɪɡreɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɪmɪɡreɪt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈi-mə-ˌgrāt/ (ame, mw)
immigrate — verb
- immigratepresent simple I / you / we / they
- immigrateshe / she / it
- immigratedpast simple
- immigrating-ing form
1. to arrive in a foreign country and make it your permanent home, leaving your cou
to arrive in a foreign country and make it your permanent home, leaving your country of origin behind
Amara's grandparents immigrated to Brazil from Lebanon in the 1950s.
immigrate + to [country] + from [country]
Since the new trade agreement, more engineers have immigrated to Canada each year.
present perfect: have immigrated to [country]
Every year thousands of families immigrate to Australia looking for new opportunities.
Diego decided to immigrate after the factory in his hometown closed down.
Immigrating to a new country means learning a new language and adapting to new customs.
- migrate
broader term — can refer to temporary or seasonal movement, not necessarily permanent country change
- relocate
formal; can mean moving within the same country or abroad, and does not carry the legal/permanent implication
- settle
focuses on establishing a home rather than the act of crossing a border
- emigrate
the same process seen from the opposite perspective — leaving your own country rather than arriving in a new one
文法句型
immigrate + to [country]
immigrate + from [country]
用法筆記
This verb is always intransitive — it never takes a direct object. You immigrate TO a destination country and FROM a country of origin. The subject is the person or group who moves.
常見錯誤
❗ 'He immigrated Canada last year.' ✅ 'He immigrated to Canada last year.' — immigrate is intransitive and needs the preposition 'to' before the destination.
❗ 'They immigrated from their home country.' ✅ 'They emigrated from their home country.' — use 'emigrate' when focusing on leaving the origin country; use 'immigrate' when focusing on arriving in the destination.