immigration en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˌɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/ (US)
- /ɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃn/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree English immigrate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English immigration From immigrate + -ion.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.
Another measure of the inadequacy of the Immigration and Nationality Act has been the huge volume of private immigration bills introduced in Congress. These are bills to deal with individual hardship cases for which the general law fails to provide. In the Eighty-seventh Congress over 3,500 such bills were introduced. Private immigration bills make up about half of our legislation today.
1964, John F. Kennedy, A Nation of Immigrants, Revised and Enlarged edition, Harper & Row, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 79:The Bohemians had come then, and after them the Poles. People said that old man Durham himself was responsible for these immigrations; he had sworn that he would fix the people of Packingtown so that they would never again call a strike on him, and so he had sent his agents into every city and village in Europe to spread the tale of the chances of work and high wages at the stockyards.
1905 April–October, Upton Sinclair, chapter VI, in The Jungle, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 26 February 1906, →OCLC:[Stephen] Miller’s uncle, a neuroscientist, has been welcomed onto the public stage for his denunciations of his nephew’s immigration policies, which the elder Miller has characterized as hypocritical: the Millers’ not-so-distant Jewish ancestors were, of course, immigrants themselves.
2019 July 15, Greg Afinogenov, “The Jewish Case for Open Borders”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019:
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(countable, uncountable) The process of going through immigration checks at a border checkpoint.
It took ages to get through immigration last time.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| immigrations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
proimmigration · postimmigration · immigrationism · illegal immigration · preimmigration · nonimmigration · anti-immigration · pro-immigration · reimmigration · antiimmigration · crimmigration · immigration law · immigrationist · immigrational
Descendants
Relateds
migration · in-migration · migrate · outmigration · inmigration · immigrate · out-migration · emigrate · emigration
Translations (141)
fo tilflutningur (the act of immigrating) · sq emigrim (the act of immigrating) · si ආගමණය (the act of immigrating) · el μετανάστευση (the act of immigrating) · ru иммигра́ция (the act of immigrating) · kmr koç (the act of immigrating) · ar هِجَار (the act of immigrating) · de Einwanderung (the act of immigrating) · bn হিজরত (the act of immigrating) · ps مهاجرت (the act of immigrating) · th การเข้าเมือง (the act of immigrating) · ky иммиграция (the act of immigrating) · oc immigracion (the act of immigrating) · lt imigracija (the act of immigrating) · tk immigrasiýa (the act of immigrating) · ko 이주 (the act of immigrating) · ca immigració (the act of immigrating) · cmn 邊防檢查 /边防检查 (immigration checks at a border checkpoint) · sl imigracija (the act of immigrating) · uk пересе́лення (the act of immigrating) · cs přistěhovalectví (the act of immigrating) · ky четтен келүү (the act of immigrating) · sk imigrácia (the act of immigrating) · hy ներգաղթ (the act of immigrating) · ar هِجْرَة (the act of immigrating) · lv imigrācija (the act of immigrating) · is aðflutningur (the act of immigrating) · et ränne (the act of immigrating) · fa-ira مُهاجِرَت (the act of immigrating) · uz immigratsiya (the act of immigrating) · he הֲגִירָה (the act of immigrating) · tg ҳиҷрат (the act of immigrating) · ja イミグレーション (the act of immigrating) · uk іммігра́ція (the act of immigrating) · sh imigrácija (the act of immigrating) · az immiqrasiya (the act of immigrating) · ka გადმოსახლება (the act of immigrating) · sv invandring (the act of immigrating) · fi maahanmuutto (the act of immigrating) · kk көші-қон (the act of immigrating) · ia immigration (the act of immigrating) · pt imigração (the act of immigrating) · fa-ira هِجْرَت (the act of immigrating) · my လူဝင်မှုကြီးကြပ်ရေး (the act of immigrating) · yi אײַנוואַנדערונג (the act of immigrating) · pa ਪ੍ਰਵਾਸ (the act of immigrating) · ms imigrasi (the act of immigrating) · be імігра́цыя (the act of immigrating) · tr göçmenlik (the act of immigrating) · hu bevándorlás (the act of immigrating) · ug ھىجرەت (the act of immigrating) · ro imigrație (the act of immigrating) · bn অভিবাসন (the act of immigrating) · cs imigrace (the act of immigrating) · it immigrazione (the act of immigrating) · bg пресе́лване (the act of immigrating) · prs کُوچ (the act of immigrating) · az hicrət (the act of immigrating) · ug كۆچۈش (the act of immigrating) · cmn 邊檢 /边检 (immigration checks at a border checkpoint) · kk иммиграция (the act of immigrating) · prs مُهَاجَرَت (the act of immigrating) · nn immigrasjon (the act of immigrating) · sh useljénje (the act of immigrating) · fa-ira کوچ (the act of immigrating) · ur مُہاجَرَت (the act of immigrating) · sl priseljevanje (the act of immigrating) · id imigrasi (immigration checks at a border checkpoint) · tr hicret (the act of immigrating) · ja 移住 (the act of immigrating) · tl suludbayan (the act of immigrating) · hi आप्रवास (the act of immigrating) · eo enmigrado (the act of immigrating) · sh усеље́ње (the act of immigrating) · tr göç etme (the act of immigrating) · sh досеље́ње (the act of immigrating) · ug كۆچمەنلىك (the act of immigrating) · prs هِجْرَت (the act of immigrating) · sq kurbet (the act of immigrating) · cmn 遷入 /迁入 (the act of immigrating) · cy mewnfudiad (the act of immigrating) · km អន្តោប្រវេសន៍ (the act of immigrating) · vi sự nhập cư (the act of immigrating) · gd imrich a-steach (the act of immigrating) · id imigrasi (the act of immigrating) · ps هجرت (the act of immigrating) · mn цагаачлал (the act of immigrating) · hi आप्रवासन (the act of immigrating) · pl imigracja (the act of immigrating) · nl immigratie (the act of immigrating) · uz hijrat (the act of immigrating) · ja 入植 (the act of immigrating) · kmr koçerî (the act of immigrating) · ja 移民 (the act of immigrating) · nb innvandring (the act of immigrating) · gl inmigración (the act of immigrating) · az mühacirət (the act of immigrating) · es inmigración (the act of immigrating) · mk имиграција (the act of immigrating) · ro imigrare (the act of immigrating) · af immigrasie (the act of immigrating) · tl pandarayuhan (the act of immigrating) · fi siirtolaisuus (the act of immigrating) · sv immigration (the act of immigrating) · bg имигра́ция (the act of immigrating) · ms imigresen (the act of immigrating) · et immigratsioon (the act of immigrating) · ga inimirce (the act of immigrating) · ta குடியேற்றம் (the act of immigrating) · th เข้าเมือง (the act of immigrating) · ar مُهَاجَرَة (the act of immigrating) · sh doseljénje (the act of immigrating) · hi आव्रजन (immigration checks at a border checkpoint) · ru переселе́ние (the act of immigrating) · io enmigro (the act of immigrating) · yi אימיגראַציע (the act of immigrating) · io enmigrado (the act of immigrating) · yue 移民 (the act of immigrating) · ms imigresen (immigration checks at a border checkpoint) · nb immigrasjon (the act of immigrating) · be перасяле́нне (the act of immigrating) · kmr penaberî (the act of immigrating) · gd in-imrich (the act of immigrating) · mk доселување (the act of immigrating) · sh имигра́ција (the act of immigrating) · cmn 移民 (the act of immigrating) · de Immigration (the act of immigrating) · lo ເຂົ້າເມືອງ (the act of immigrating) · da indvandring (the act of immigrating) · ko 이민 (the act of immigrating) · tg муҳоҷират (the act of immigrating) · fr immigration (the act of immigrating) · nl inwijking (the act of immigrating) · mn ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠴᠢᠯᠠᠯ (the act of immigrating) · ka იმიგრაცია (the act of immigrating) · sq mërgim (the act of immigrating) · nn innvandring (the act of immigrating) · ur ہِجْرَت (the act of immigrating) · eu immigrazio (the act of immigrating) · pa ਪ੍ਰਵਾਸ (immigration checks at a border checkpoint) · sk prisťahovalectvo (the act of immigrating)