How to spell emigrate

Emigrate is spelled E-M-I-G-R-A-T-E.

hear item·i·grate/'ɛmə,greɪt/verbSchwa and roots

What it means: To leave one place to live in another.

In a sentence: The birds emigrate to warmer places during winter.

Not to be confused with: immigrate, a different word.

Same family: migration, migrant, immigrate, immigration, emigration. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Emigrate” comes from Latin *emigrare*, formed from *e-* (a form of *ex-*, meaning “out”) and *migrare* (“to move” or “to wander”). It’s closely related to “immigrate” (move into a country) and “migrate” (move from place to place), which is why learners often confuse these three words.

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