emigrate
/ˈemɪgreɪt/ verb [I]Definition
› to leave your country in order to live permanently in another country: Opportunities to emigrate to the United States have been severely cut back by tightened immigration rules and border controls. The corporation was founded with $750 by two brothers who emigrated from Mexico. → Compare immigrate
(Definition of emigrate verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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