noun
Freq #7740
Meanings
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1
noun
The act of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
The government introduced new rules on immigration this year.
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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
emigrateemigrationimmigratein-migrationinmigrationmigratemigrationout-migrationoutmigration
Etymology
From immigrate + -ion.