immigrate to (some place)

immigrate to (some place)

To leave one country to live in another. My great-grandparents immigrated to the US when they were just kids. When I first started watching hockey, it was rare for a Soviet player to immigrate to the US to play in the NHL. In fact, the first players had to defect. I love visiting my mom's relatives in Italy, so I hope they never immigrate to the US!

See also: immigrate, to

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immigrate (in)to some place (from some place)

to migrate into a place from some other place. Many of them immigrated into Minnesota from northern Europe. My family immigrated to Chicago.

See also: immigrate, place, to

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