immigration
Sentences
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.
- (countable, uncountable) The process of going through immigration checks at a border checkpoint.
Synonyms
in-migration
out-migration
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃn/
Etymology
From immigrate + -ion.
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