All 7 Uses
immigrate
in
The Westing Game
(Edited)
- The only child of immigrant parents, orphaned at the age of twelve, self-educated, hard-working Samuel Westing saved his laborer's wages and bought a small paper mill.
p. 18.4immigrant = related to people who came to live in a new country
- You have made me, the son of poor immigrants, rich, powerful, and respected.
p. 30.7 *immigrants = people who came to live in a new country
- Immigrated from Hong Kong two years ago.
p. 101.6immigrated = came to live in a new country
- Immigrated to Wisconsin, age 3.
p. 124.6immigrated = came to live in
- "I knew Westing wasn't an immigrant's name," Sydelle Pulaski said.
p. 153.1immigrant = a person who came from a different country
- You have made me, the son of poor immigrants, rich, powerful, and respected.
p. 165.9immigrants = people who came to live in a new country
- He was poor Windy Windkloppel, the son of immigrants.
p. 167.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(immigrate) come to live in a new country
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, immigrate can mean that anything (such as an animal or plant) migrates into a new environment.