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| emigrate |
When people emigrate, they leave their country in order to settle in another. People often emigrate because of poverty, hunger, or violence in their own country, but some people emigrate for other reasons. |
| immigrate |
When people immigrate, they come to live permanently in a country where they were not born. People often immigrate to escape poverty, hunger, or violence, but there are other reasons too. |
| need |
a state of want; poverty. [1/6 definitions] |
| poverty |
Poverty is the condition of being very poor. When people live in poverty, they may not have enough food to eat or have a safe place to live. |
| relieve |
to free from fear, worry, need, or poverty. [1/3 definitions] |
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