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to emigrate
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to leave one's own country in order to live in a foreign country
Intransitive: to emigrate | to emigrate to a place | to emigrate from a place
Examples
Many Irish emigrated to America in the 19th century due to poverty and famine in their homeland.
Every year thousands of people emigrate from developing nations seeking better economic prospects in Western Europe and North America.
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