to go from one country, state, or region for the purpose of settling or residing in another
move out of a country, as in: My neighbors decided to emigrate to New Zealand while the children were still young
To remove from one country or State to another, for the purpose of residence; to migrate from home
To leave the country in which one lives, especially ones native country, in order to reside elsewhere
If you emigrate, you leave your own country to live in another country. He emigrated to Belgium They planned to emigrate. + emigration emi·gra·tion the huge emigration of workers to the West. to leave your own country in order to live in another country immigrate emigrate to/from (emigratus, past participle of emigrare, from migrare; MIGRATE)
leave one's country of residence for a new one; "Many people had to emigrate during the Nazi period