immigrate

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verb

1. migrate to a new environment
- only few plants can immigrate to the island
• Derivationally related forms:
immigration
• Hypernyms:
migrate, transmigrate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
2. introduce or send as immigrants
- Britain immigrated many colonists to America
• Derivationally related forms:
immigration
• Hypernyms:
bring in, introduce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
3. come into a new country and change residency
- Many people immigrated at the beginning of the 20th century
• Ant:
emigrate
• Derivationally related forms:
immigration, immigrant
• Hypernyms:
migrate, transmigrate
• Entailment:
arrive, get, come
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP