| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Present participle | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb immigrate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (immigrate) | 1. Migrate to a new environment; "only few plants can immigrate to the island".[Wordnet]. 2. Introduce or send as immigrants; "Britain immigrated many colonists to America".[Wordnet]. 3. Come into a new country and change residency; "Many people immigrated at the beginning of the 20th century".[Wordnet]. 4. To come into a country of which one is not a native, for the purpose of permanent residence.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: immigrating, immigrated, immigrates, immigrater, immigraters, immigratingly and immigratedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "IMMIGRATING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: immigrate
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To remove into a country for the purpose of permanent residence. [See Emigrate.]. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] (intransitive) To move into another country to stay there permanently. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
