im·mi·grateAW f93 [immigrateimmigratesimmigratedimmigrating] BrE [ˈɪmɪɡreɪt] NAmE [ˈɪmɪɡreɪt] verb intransitive ~ (to…) (from…) (especially NAmE) to come and live permanently in a country after leaving your own country •About 6.6 million people immigrated to the United States in the 1970s. compare ↑emigrate Verb forms:
Word Origin: early 17th cent.: from Latin immigrat- ‘immigrated’, from the verb immigrare, from in- ‘into’ + migrare ‘migrate’.
