emigrate vs immigrate
Definitions
verb
- leave one's country of residence for a new one
Examples
He is a Berlin gestaltist who emigrated to the United States, became professor of the Psychology of Art at Harvard University and published 13 books on gestalt theory and art.
John emigrated to England at the age of eighteen.
He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia
Definitions
verb
- migrate to a new environment
- come into a new country and change residency
- introduce or send as immigrants
Examples
He told of a young woman from Burma who immigrated with her family and, upon entering college, identified with fellow Muslim students and began wearing a hijab (traditional headscarf).
He immigrated with his parents in 1895, and grew up in Long Island.
In 1938, Kisch-Arendt and her husband, physician and physiologist Bruno Kisch, immigrated to the United States, entering the country on nonquota visas.
