Immigrate VS Emigrate

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What is the difference between Immigrate and Emigrate?

MichalS · Accepted Answer

I'm sure you will learn the difference from a dictionary, not necessarily a good one in this case.

See: www.dictionary.com

Dimsumexpress · Answer

http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000210.htm

Emigrate or Immigrate?

The prefix e- (or ex-) usually means "out of" or "from." The prefix im- (or in-) often means "in" or "into."

Therefore, emigrate means "to move out of" and immigrate means "to move into."

Correct: They emigrated from Rwanda and immigrated to Gabon.

Ali.h · Answer

Could you give me more examples of other words wher 'e' means 'out' and 'im' means 'in'?

V S Rao · Answer

Dear Mr.Ali,

Emigrate: is to leave a country.

Immigrage: Move into a new destination/ Place / country

Regards,

sri

Yankee · Answer

Ali.hCould you give me more examples of other words wher 'e' means 'out' and 'im' means 'in'?

I suppose 'explode' and 'implode' would be good examples.

V S Rao · Answer

export

Import

Anonymous · Answer

See below for clarification, but in others words, the "immi" prefix would be used when referencing the country/region being entered as in "I immigrated to the US." Where as the "emi" prefix would be used when referencing the country/region being exited as in "I emigrated from Ireland." If referencing both localities in the sentence, then the first one mentioned will determine the prefix to use, as in "I immigrated to the US from Ireland," or "I emigrated from Ireland to the US."
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im·mi·grate [im-i-greyt] Show IPA verb,-grat·ed, -grat·ing.
-verb (used without object)
1.
to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residence.
2.
to pass or come into a new habitat or place, as an organism.
-verb (used with object)
3.
to introduce as settlers: to immigrate cheap labor.
Origin:
1615-25; < L immigratus (ptp. of immigrare to move into). See im-1, migrate
-Related forms
im·mi·gra·tor, noun
un·im·mi·grat·ing, adjective
-Can be confused: emigrate, immigrate, migrate.
-Synonyms
1. See migrate.

em·i·grate [em-i-greyt] Show IPA
-verb (used without object),-grat·ed, -grat·ing.
to leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate: to emigrate from Ireland to Australia.
Use emigrate in a Sentence
Origin:
1770-80; < L emigratus moved away (ptp. of emigrare), equiv. to e- e- + migratus (migr- remove + atus -ate1)
-Related forms
em·i·gra·tive, adjective
re·em·i·grate, verb (used without object),-grat·ed, -grat·ing.
un·em·i·grat·ing, adjective
-Can be confused: emigrate, immigrate, migrate.
-Synonyms
See migrate.

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