emigrate
v. B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈɛməˌɡɹeɪt// UK //ˈɛmɪɡɹˌeɪt// em·i·grate
v. to leave your own country to live in another one. You usually do this for a long time or for good.
v. to leave one's own country to settle permanently in another. Transitive when used with a destination; intransitive when the destination is implied or not specified.
Many people emigrate to find better jobs.
After finishing his degree, he decided to emigrate to Canada to start a new life.
The historical records show that thousands of families emigrated during the nineteenth century, driven by economic hardship and the promise of fertile land in the west.
From Latin emigratus, perfect passive participle of emigro (“to move away, remove, depart from a place”), from ex- (“out of, from”) + migro (“to move, remove, depart”).