NOUN | act | immigration, in-migration | migration into a place (especially migration to a country / country of which you are not a native in order to settle there) |
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group | immigration | the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval |
Sounds | ih.mahgrey'shahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | migration into a place (especially migration to a country / country of which you are not a native in order to settle there). | |
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Synonym | in-migration | |
Narrower | aliyah | (Judaism) immigration of Jews to Israel |
Broader | migration | The movement of persons from one country or locality to another |
Spanish | inmigración | |
Catalan | immigració | |
Verbs | immigrate | come into a new country and change residency |
immigrate | migrate to a new environment |
Meaning | The body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval. | |
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Example | "the increased immigration strengthened the colony" | |
Broader | body | A group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity |
Spanish | inmigración | |
Verbs | immigrate | come into a new country and change residency |
immigrate | introduce or send as immigrants |
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