Immigration
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noun.
The action or process of immigrating.
noun.
The place where authorities check the documents of people entering a country.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The act of immigrating; the act or process of passing or removing into a country for the purpose of permanent residence.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The act of
immigrating
; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)
noun.
the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval
Word Usage
"Can't wait to chat with the Russian immigration guys. desidyke US #immigration is (illegally) 6 months late on my Green Card."
cross-reference
bureau of immigration
commissioners of immigration
Etymologically Related
emigrate
emigration
immigrate
migrate
migration
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
body
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Alsatian
Americanization
Appalachian
Balkanization
Christianization
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
abortion
colonization
commerce
education
emigration