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 emigrateemigrationimmigratein-migrationinmigrationmigratemigrationout-migrationoutmigration Etymology AI details From immigrate + -ion. Topics Places & Geography External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown