Immigrate
, emigrate
or migrate
? These three words look similar and have similar meanings. In this vocabulary lesson, I will explain the meanings and differences between these three commonly mixed-up words. After watching, you’ll feel confident when you use these words.
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Great lesson.
Thank you for clearing us this point.
Nice videos Emma, i love all your lesson. They explain everything clearly and very understandable :-). Thanks so much for your time.
Thank you very much Emma, i really love your way to explain, and all your lessons, thanks again for taking your time to share with us your videos.
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Thank you all for your kind words! I’m glad you find our website and videos useful!
That is I call a good lesson!
Speaking of Migration,I don’t know if I’m going to be banned from EngVid for that i am gonna do,but I have a video which reminds me of today’s subject.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYZqp9Qt0KM
No, it’s lovely! I’m going to share it on our Facebook page.
Hello Emma.
Thank you for teaching us these small differences between these words.
I have two other words that make me confused.
these two words are agreement and convention!!
What the difference between them and when should i use them?
Thank you very much Emma for responding to my suggestion ^_^.
This video really helped me to recognize the differences among these three words and how to use them.
& btw, I requested this video because i’m going to immigrate to Canada soon and I have been waiting for this moment since 2006 -_-, so thanks God for everything and thank you :).
Congratulations Nader!!! What city will you be living in? I’m very excited for you! Welcome to Canada!
Thanks Emma, that’s very kind of you!
Finally, I arrived in Canada before 2 days ago, and now I’m in Ontario, Mississauga. :)
Hi Emma, you know I’m so happy today because I can got 90 out 100 for questions. Thankns again emma
love you Emma
Thank you so much Emma ! This is an interesting lesson like always ! I do need to keep watching your videos in order to update and improve my vocabulary ! Happy Thanksgiving by the way :))
Thank you so much Emma ! Love you.
thanks
Thank you Emma, Now l learn a lot…..
Very interesting! Thank you very much Emma.
Great lesson, Emma! you rock!
Hii Emma,
I wanna start my comment by appreciting you for continuing this good work.Today, I like to share my understanding of English with you.I’ve recently learned some new grammar rules from a video lesson made by “Australian Network”.Honestly speaking,I look for various websites on the web which provide English lessons to horn my English skills and “Engvid” is the best one among them I have ever visited as every aspect of this queen’s language is well explained here-be it grammar rules,vocabulary,sentence construction.Now,I return to my topic-It’s about “Word formation”.
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I am an English teacher from Oman. I really like your way of teaching. Very soon I am going to imitate yourr style. Is that ok with you?
Thank you Yahya for your kind words! What ages do you teach?
I’ve got 9 corrects out of 10.
and thnks for showing example of (south) korea
Well done Lee Jin!! I have many wonderful students and friends who have immigrated to Canada from South Korea. I want to visit South Korea one day!
thank so much Emma but sort of the lesson is confused
please Emma if you can get us more video about TOEFL because I want to get it but I am so scary
have a good day
Hi Asala,
Thank you for the video suggestion! I recommend that you visit the site http://www.goodlucktoefl.com for some tips!
Also, I think you mean that you are scared and the lesson was confusing. Here is a link to a video that will help you with the difference between confused and confusing: https://www.engvid.com/adjective-endings-ing-ed/
Thank you for your lession. It helps me understand clearly about the meaning of 3 words.
thanks for your lesson. love u emma..
very use full info…
” I will be an immigrant if I emigrate from Thailand and immigrate to Canada.” And
” In Thailand the most of migrant workers are from Cambodia.” Is it True.. Emma?
You used emigrate, migrant and immigration correctly! Well done! There were a few errors in the second sentence which I have corrected.
”In Thailand, most migrant workers are from Cambodia.”
great teaching!!!! thank you
its still confusing…
i thought immigrate is usually using “from” behind it.
and emigrate is using “to” behind it..
cmiiw.
thanks emma :*
Hi Mukti,
Thank you for your question! We use emigrate (from) and immigrate (to).
1) My grandmother emigrated from Scotland fifty years ago.
2) I want to immigrate to a country that is warmer than Canada.
Hi Emma I like your lesson is clear and easy to understand, give me more new lesson thanks.
How to pronounce 1700s, 1800s, etc?
Do I have to pronounce “migrate” like /maɪɡrət/, or can I pronounce it like in the two other words — immigrate, emigrate? Basically, those two words have “migrate” in their names.
I’m very pleased to see that you are using the International Phonetic Alphabet! Migrate is pronounced differently than the pronunciation in immigration or emigrate. It is pronounced /maɪgreɪt/.
Very well explained about these words with different meanings. Thank you so much for your great help.
Thanks!
Thank you.I hope to get more out of your lessons.
I wanna be a monarch buttlerflie to migrate 2 ur country but not as a immigrant worker, I don’t like hard work. thank u Emma 4 teaching good English. cya.
ohh migrant worker. instead of immigrant.
:) Your comment made me laugh! Thank you!
thank you emma it’s very great lesson
Very good lesson, thanks.
YES!!!10 out of 10
Thanks Emma it helped.
Well done!
Hi my teacher
How are you?
8 out of 10, thank emmma :D
Excellent!
Actually, Emma, these are geographical expressions, I remember learning them in elemetnary school, but it was so instructive though. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. You’re the best.
10 out of 10,Emma would you marry me? :P
Is it for immigration? ;)
Thanx Emma its very interesting and use full lesson.
thank you ~~
Hi, Thanks for lesson. It helps me so much.. Emma, You are teaching your students like You see us behind of camera. It’s really beautiful. Thank You :)
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wow!very easy way to learn nice vido i like it
thank you for the useful lesson and the quiz!
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it is very best great lesson my pronounciation isn’t good but i am sure emmma help me
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I got 10 correct out of 10,
Up me!
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Thank you Emma. Very useful lesson!
wow.i got 10 correct out of 10.you explained this lesson perfectly. Thanks Emma
I’m happy to hear that Sunny!
Thank you for this lesson teacher!
Btw, why dont you make a video explaining about these words :Tough, though, thought, through, thorough e throughout, they are quite similar.
Yes, Shadamuska. You are right. These phrases always were hard for me too. Thanks for suggestion.
Im agree with you.
Thank you for the suggestion! It seems like many of you have trouble with these similar words.
Very nice class… thanks!
Believed or not I understood better your lesson in English than in French. Thanks this great lesson.
Merci beaucoup!
Thanks for these lessons =)
Hello,Emma,I have question about immigration and immigrant. What different are both vocabularies? He is an ‘immigrant’ or ‘immigration’.
Sorry for replying but I’ m not sure. First of all, both words are nouns. The word “immigrant” refers to a person that immigrates permanently(from a country to another) and the word “immigration” is the action, the permanent movement from a country to another. For example, “Immigants start for a new life” and “Immigation to nearby countries is a frequent phenomenon”.
Great explanation Sokou!
immigrant = person
immigration = action
My sister’s husband is an immigrant.
In my Canadian history class, we heard many stories about immigration.
Many immigrants find immigration to be difficult.
Thank you.
explaining well
Thanks so much for this class. It was very useful for me
As always, thank you very much.
Thanks a lot Emma. I got 8/10.
Bravo!
Such an interesting and useful lecture THANK YOU Emma very much
Hi Emma, thank you for the great lesson! May the Lord Jesus Christ bless you!
thanx Emma… The explainations were very clear. You are a great teacher….
I’m a migrating bird :)))
Are you going somewhere warm for the winter?
Great lesson Emma!
A small correction. Pets can immigrates with their ownwers as well ;)
Very true!
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thanks very good
thanks so much
these 3 words are now as clear as a bell!
Great expression!
i got wrong the question about if i go t ovacation to another country i put migrant instead of tourist jajaja
Thank you, Emma, for your lesson.
It was so pleasant and usefull to learn in that way.
Dear Emma,this is a good lesson that you had taught was perfectly.Keep going on.
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I am new to engvid & i love your lesson .
Thanks again.
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Thank you Emma i like you way of teaching and your lesson but, i advise you not to hide the board when you are teaching.
Thanks for the tip Hassan! I’ll keep that in mind for my next videos!
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Hi.
Thank you for describe this point,I was confused about it
thank you too much ;)
thanks a lot :)
thanks emma! it’s pretty clear to me now the difference between these three confusing words!
That was vey helpul video and good explanation of these words. Watching video again and again and practicing I hope that I’ ll never make mistakes…
thanks Emma, it’s really confused, but today became it clear.
;)
thanks in millions dear teacher, EMMA
Thank you very much Emma,
you said “you moving in to country
I read before with my teacher of english
here in Algeria
you can use “in” with famouse town
example
i lived on debagha
and “on” with neighborhood. or small village. example
i lived there debagha
answer me please
Hi Debaghi,
We live in a country, in a city, in a town, and in a village. We live on a street.
We move to a country, to a city, to a town, to a village, etc.
For example, I live in Toronto. I live in Canada. One day I may move to another country or I might move to another city. My friend lives in a small village. She lives on Main Street.
I hope the examples help you!
Thanks million times! :)
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thank you Emma this lesson is really useful.i’ve got 10 out of 10 woooow!
Thanks a lot
thanks emma i want to ask a question, if someone move within the country can we use these words.
thanke you very much
My father moved to US from korea . He is an immigrant .
i am fine with above sentence
but what about this :
My father moved from korea to US . He is an emmigrant / immigrant .
i think it should be emmigrant … correct or not ?
Thank you very much Emma, we are still waiting your best ;)
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i have a question and i would like you to tell me what the enswer is
is this word in this sentence verv or adjective
chicken was cooked
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excellent lesson
thanks for the lesson. I have a question: the phrase “who permanently moves” sounds either to a person who does not stay in any country and is moving up again, and again. Is correct or am I exaggerating? How could I be clearly between moving often and moving one and remaining there?
Great leson Thanks…..
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Thank you Emma for your lesson! You’re a very good teacher! You explain clarly and very well. I’am an immigrant. I left my country ten years ago…now i live in Italy. I would like to learn English very well. I hope so….
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they way you are teaching is fantastic.
Thanks.
Hi Emma. You are a Great teachers,
the way you are teaching is fantastic.
Thanks.
Hi Emma,
Thanks for the lesson. I have some confusion.
I always knew ‘Migrate is to move from one county to another permanently’. When India and Pakistan partition happened many people moved from India to Pakistan and vice versa. We call such people ‘Migrants’.
When I googled the meaning I found this link: http://www.answers.com/topic/migrate
One of the meaning given for Migrate is ” To move from one country or region and settle in another”
If it says settle should not it mean permanently?
Please clarify.Thanks in advance.
Thanks Emma i am really like your lessons and enjoy them , because your pronounciation is very clear for me and you make my English more easier than in the past
MANY THANKS to you
If i made any mistakes in this comment please let me know them
Hi :D I scored 10 out of 10 thank you very much you are a great teacher I want to be just like you !
This is a truly a great class. I can tell the difference between those words ! Thanks a lot !
Thank you Emma,my brother immegrated to us.
Is he migrant ?
Thank you So much …Emma …For this Video …
hi Emma thank you very much for your important lessons i found them too interesting could you please teach as about some object concerning legal english. regards
This is the first time that I have class with native English teacher. Now I know I’ll improve my English.
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hi my best teacher
could you please allot one of your lesson for explaining about (used to , get used , got used ) in all tenses
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ibrahim
ibrahi
this video is very helpful, i answer 10 out of 10, it is hard to use in daily life
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Hi, Emma,
I have just this one question for you, and I hope that you can help me understand this sentence. Is this sentence grammatically correct? I would appreciate a brief explanation if you can, please.
Sentence: When I first started to learn Spanish it was a challenge.
Question: The event happened in the past tense, right? Why the word challenge is without an –ed at the end? Isn’t challenge a verb? I had to looked it up—just to make sure and the dictionary says it is a verb.
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By the way i got 10 out of 10 :D
Thanks for your great effort.
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You are a brilliant teacher ! :)
Great, you are giving good clarification on each class.
Very good
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thanks Emma for this great explanation!
those three words are confusing , but I think after watching your video I have a better understanding about the difference among those three terms…. God bless!!!
Thank you vers much,you are à good teacher âne evry day your lessons help me more and more
thank uuuuuuuuuuu but i was wondering who to make immigrate to immigrant by adding “ant” why not immigrator ? plz help me Ms Emma
Thank you miss Emma your today’s lesson was a great lesson because I understand the differences among immigration, emigration and Migration.
Hi madam Emma,
Thank you for the comprehensive explanation on differentiation of migrate,immigrate emigrate
see you
HI madam Emma,
thank you for the comprehensive explanation on differentiation of migrate,immigrate and emigrate
Thank you very much for the lesson EMMA
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i got 10 out of 10 in one time. that’s grt for me
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Great lesson
I got 80% not bad.. Thanks Emma for a wonderful lesson!
Thanks a lot Emma.
I got 90 on my test :)
Hello and thank you.So your roots reach London?
Have you ever been in London?
Nice i love all your lessons. They explain me everything clearly and very much understandable . Thanks so much for your great work!
As usual, excellent lesson Emma. The concept is kind of confusing at first, though.
I love the way you teach!
Thank you
By the way, not that I’m bragging about it, but I got 100% correct. Thanks Emma.
Hi Emma! I have a question: a couple of days ago I was at the airport and a question struck me kind of hard. Could you help to understand why when one comes from abroad has to go through what is called IMMIGRATION, after all, I’m pretty sure most of the people would be either visiting or coming back after they stayed abroad for a certian amount of time. Would this expression be grammatically correct? In Mexico, for example, it is called “departamento de migeación”
I meant to write “departamento de migración” (department of migration)?
Thank you very much for your help.
You are a great teacher and I love how you explain your classes.
hello
my dear teacher
how are u ?
this video was really useful i really like it I got 4/10 i am telling u true because i am a honest person i am not allowed to lie to my teacher but i will try my best thank you so much !!!!!!!!!!
Thanks teacher
my ancestors emigrated from roman empire (roma) amd immigrated to north africa (algéria) ; thank you dear emma :)
Thank you again Emma, again & again 100 % with you. hahahaha You are great.
Thank you for great lesson.
It’s a first time. I could understand between migrate and immigrate,and emigrate.
Its so useful!
Dear Emma,
To me, your explanation is clearer than the famous dictionaries. I got 10 correct out of 10 of the quiz.
Thank you so much for the class.
This actually helps me a lot XD
thanks! I have learnt two new words. Immigrate and emigrate.
Thanks Emma!
Thanks Emma! i was so confused about these words. u explained clearly now i understand.
thanks a lot, Emma. This Lesson is exciting.
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Hello Emma i’m an immigrant in my own country. I emigrated from Karditsa to immigrate in Mytilene. Is that correct? Cheers.
Many thanks Emma. I got 8/10.
Sorry, I got 9/10.
It pretty good lesson and i grasp a lot from you,thanks!
Hi Emma!
You are an excellent teacher but I think there is a wrong example: 2) I want to immigrate to Australia. It would be better. I want to emmigrate to Australia. You are going from your country to Australia. Thanks a lot.
Thanks a lot Ms Emma.
Every winter, many animals migrate to the South
what’s the adjective for emigrate? thanks
It was good lesson. thanks!
Thanks, very interesting, I got 8/10
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Thanks Emma, you are very good teacher and I got 100%. And also listned in your video your grandfather emigrated from England and immigrated to Canada in 1920s. Again thanks.
Nice lesson and very useful
awesome teacher
Many immigrants emigrate from their conutry and immgrate into a new conutry are not very easy. They are usually must face language, finance,traffic and the other difficult problem.
I am very glad to be a Emma’s student because Emma is helping me get rid of my language problem. If you ask me, this is the biggest problem for me now.
Thanks
Hi Emma, this is a wonderful explanation that makes me understand the deference among these words. Thanks.
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I get 100%
Thank you So Emma. I have got 100.
Great teacher!
awesome
Thank you mam. I have one doubt. What is the difference between a tourist and a migrant?
A *tourist* is going to another country for fun; a *migrant* is going to another country usually to work.
Thanks a lot Emma! i’v learnt not only migration, immigration and emigration but also many things.
good lesson!
Very Good lesson.. I got 100%.
thank you so much emma i am so thankful i wanted to study English at the university,unfortunately i could not and i am trying to learn by myself i wanna to improve my English to highest level i love this language so much
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Thanks Emma, really i was confused about these three words, but now it is Oky. thanks again
Thanks Emma. That was really useful.
THANKS YOU VERY MUCH EMMA> YOU ARE BEST TEACHER
Hi Emma,My name is Nojoumi and I am happy to join this lecture and I am an immigrant from Sudanز
I need to differentiate between use to & used to in grammar.
Thanks.
Hi,Emma
My name is Justin,I am also an immigrant from London,could you give me more example of those words
Hi Emma,My name is Nojoumi and I am happy to join this lecture and I am an immigrant from Sudan.
I need to differentiate between use to & used to in grammar.
Thanks.
And thank you
gratefully :)
excellent
Thank you so much
I was confused these words so often. So I could understand the difference of these three words through today’s lesson. (But I couldn’t get perfect.)
Thank you so much Emma. You are great teacher!!
Thank u Emma.
I want an example with the use of Emigrant.
my Quiz emma:
100
You got 10 correct out of 10.
:D
Excellent explanation, i am a beginner, this information is very important for me, i am so sorry for my english thank you very much
Thanks emma
Now I know a difference between these
got 9 out of 10. :)
Thank you Emma.
shokran tHANKS
شكرا
oh! I did it… I´m doing well, thanks Emma…
Hi Emma, dont you want to get married with me?? LOL
Thank you for your lesson on ‘migrate, immigrate,’and emigrate’. Now I would like a lesson on some catchphrases.I’m looking forward to having a lesson on it.
Thank you very much Emma!
But I didn’t understand the difference between “immigrant” and “emigrant”.
If I leave my country and move to Canada forever, am I an immigrant or emigrant?
you will be an immigrant to Canda and an emigrant from your country.
Thanks :)
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I got 10/10 thanks Emma.
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Emma !
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Thank you Emma! Can you make a video of words such as “quiet and quite’? Thank you. Your videos really helps. :)
Hi Emma…Your class really helped me.I was always making mistakes .Now it’s very clear.Thanks a lot.God bless!
nice :) thanks
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Thanks Emma for this amazing course, thumb up ;)
Thanks Emma for taking away our confusion, I really love your explanation, it’s understandable way to making us understand your lessons.
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Simple, Prof. Emma is the best teacher so far I have seen in my life! It’s really amazing to learn english from such a great teacher. Thanks Prof. Emma.
Nice general English test!
thank you for more kind words?
great lesson, thank you Emma, i completely forgot what does it mean “migrant Workers”
Hello Emma your lesson is very good. Thank you!
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Thank you Mrs Emma. It’s really helpful.
Thank you.
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10\10 . good job , thank you Emma
Thanks, Emma. Good lesson. I got 100
Thank you teacher.i was so confused before now you have cleared my confusion
Great lesson as always! Thanks a million, Emma.
You’ve made learning English much more enjoyable.
THANKS A LOT.
I got 10 out of 10. I always watch 8 to 10 videos from your site. I am wondering if you can the types of gerund and their application. I’ve already watched Alex’s lesson, but I need to be explained to me more.
I am greatly appreciated.
Thank you, Emma!
Thanks teacher emma but i am not undestant its difficalt lesson these similar words
Thanks you very much teacher Emma.Your lesson is great.
enjoyed a lot this lesson!
Very helpful. Thanks, Emma.
You got 8 correct out of 10. Thanks
Great Teacher!
thanks
Thanks you very much Emma.
Thank you Emma.
Thanks!
I was an emigrated from Korea and I have been an immigrated to America since 1982.Did I say it write,Emma? :D
Thanks.
Hi Emma,
How do you see if I put migrate for second example
I want to —– to Australia
Although it is not clear permanent Or Not-permanent immigration
I want advice on not forgetting lessons
9/10! I want emigrate China, and immigrate to another country in the future.
Thank you Ms. Emma.
I got 10 correct out of 10.
Thanks Emma for clearing me
This lesson is so confusing but good to know.
9/10
mine date 28/10/21 from Kazakhstan
thank a lot, Emma
thanks, very useful lesson