What does emigrate mean?
Word: Emigrate
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Emigrate means to leave your home country for good and settle in a different one.
Word origin: From Latin emigrare.
How do you spell emigrate?
Syllables: em - i - grate
Tricky part: This word has a look-alike partner that differs at the start, and writers mix the two up. Decide which way the person is moving, then choose.
Watch out for: emegrate, emagrate
Memory tip: Migrating birds show the way: whatever follows the m in migrate also follows the m here.
Emigrate in a sentence
Example 1: Arjun's grandparents chose to emigrate from Kerala to New Zealand in the 1970s.
Example 2: Some skilled nurses emigrate in search of wider experience.
Example 3: Before they could emigrate, the family spent months filling in forms.
Fun Fact
United Nations figures for 2020 showed that more people had emigrated from India than from any other country, about 18 million.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell Spies
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) emmigrate
b) accommodate
c) exaggerate
d) illuminate
Show answer
a) emmigrate. A single m follows the first e in this verb. Accommodate is the option that really does double its m.
Word Champ
Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:
emigr_ _ _
a) ete
b) ait
c) ate
d) eit
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c) ate. The verb closes just as educate and celebrate do.
Back to the Roots
Choose the correct option:
Emigrate comes from the Latin word emigrare, which means ___.
a) to build afresh
b) to travel home
c) to move away
d) to stay behind
Show answer
c) to move away. The Latin verb described shifting from one place to live in another.
Jumble Tumble
Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:
tgaemrie 12345678
a) 81362754
b) 54726318
c) 45726318
d) 45762318
Show answer
c) 45726318. Taken in this sequence, the letters make a verb about leaving home for good.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A family about to emigrate would most need ___.
a) return tickets for the weekend
b) a day pass for the city museum
c) a holiday map of their own city
d) permanent visas for the new country
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d) permanent visas for the new country
2. Rahul emigrated from Chennai last year. Which statement must be true?
a) He no longer lives in India.
b) He has never been abroad.
c) He lives in another Indian city.
d) He visits Chennai every week.
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a) He no longer lives in India.
