immigration

B1 Topic:Places & Geography

US /ˌɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/ UK /ɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃn/ See IPA manual

Freq #7740

Meanings

1

noun
The act of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.

The government introduced new rules on immigration this year.
2

noun
The place at a border or airport where officials check travellers' documents.

It took ages to get through immigration at the airport last time.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the act of coming to live... in-migration

Word family

Forms immigrations

Derived forms anti-immigrationantiimmigrationcrimmigrationimmigrationalimmigrationismimmigrationistnonimmigrationpostimmigrationpreimmigrationpro-immigrationproimmigrationreimmigration

Related forms emigrate emigration immigratein-migrationinmigrationmigrate migrationout-migrationoutmigration

Etymology

From immigrate + -ion.

Topics

Places & Geography

External links

# immigration

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃn/
**Frequency rank:** 7740

## Meanings
1. The act of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
2. The place at a border or airport where officials check travellers' documents.

## Examples
- The government introduced new rules on immigration this year.
- It took ages to get through immigration at the airport last time.

## Derived Forms
- anti-immigration
- antiimmigration
- crimmigration
- immigrational
- immigrationism
- immigrationist
- nonimmigration
- postimmigration
- preimmigration
- pro-immigration
- proimmigration
- reimmigration

## Related Forms
- emigrate
- emigration
- immigrate
- in-migration
- inmigration
- migrate
- migration
- out-migration
- outmigration

## Etymology
From immigrate + -ion.

## AI Etymology
Immigration comes from immigrate + -ion. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main senses are “The act of coming to live permanently in a foreign country” and “The place at a border or airport where officials check travellers' documents”.

## Topics
- Places & Geography

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