emigration

C2+ Topic:Places & Geography

US /ˌɛməˈɡreɪʃən/ UK /ˌɛmɪˈɡreɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the act of leaving one's country to settle elsewhere

Famine triggered a wave of emigration to the New World.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the act of leaving one's... migration exodus departure expatriation relocation

Opposites

immigration settlement

Word family

Related forms emigrate emigrant migration

Etymology

From Late Latin emigrationem, noun of action from emigrare ('to move away'), from e- ('out') + migrare ('to move').

emigrare Latin migrare Latin

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Places & Geography Word Formation & Derivatives

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# emigration

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌɛməˈɡreɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɛmɪˈɡreɪʃən/

## Meanings
1. the act of leaving one's country to settle elsewhere

## Examples
- Famine triggered a wave of emigration to the New World.

## Synonyms
- migration
- exodus
- departure
- expatriation
- relocation

## Antonyms
- immigration
- settlement

## Related Forms
- emigrate
- emigrant
- migration

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: emigrare
- Root: migrare

## Etymology
From Late Latin emigrationem, noun of action from emigrare ('to move away'), from e- ('out') + migrare ('to move').

## AI Etymology
Emigration comes from Late Latin emigrationem, noun of action from emigrare ('to move away'), from e- ('out') + migrare ('to move'). Morphologically, the form is compositional: e- marks part of the visible structure, while the remaining element supplies the lexical base. In present use, it is used as a noun meaning "the act of leaving one's country to settle elsewhere", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes related forms such as emigrate, emigrant, and migration, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Latin emigrare and Latin migrare, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance. Its semantic neighborhood is marked by migration, exodus, departure, and expatriation on one side and contrasts such as immigration and settlement on the other, locating the modern specialization without adding a new origin story.

## Topics
- Places & Geography
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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