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emigration
em·i·grate E0111600 (ĕm′ĭ-grāt′)intr.v. em·i·grat·ed, em·i·grat·ing, em·i·grates To leave one country or region to settle in another. See Usage Note at migrate. [Latin ēmigrāre, ēmigrāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + migrāre, to move; see mei- in Indo-European roots.] em′i·gra′tion (ĕm′ĭ-grā′shən) n.emigration (ˌɛmɪˈɡreɪʃən) n1. (Sociology) the act or an instance of emigrating2. (Sociology) emigrants considered collectivelyEmigration emigrants collectively, 1863.emigration immigration">immigration migration">migration1. 'emigrate', 'emigration', 'emigrant'If you emigrate, you leave your own country and go to live permanently in another country. He received permission to emigrate to Canada.He had emigrated from Germany in the early 1920's.People who emigrate are called emigrants. The act of emigrating is called emigration. However, these words are less frequent than immigrant and immigration. 2. 'immigrate', 'immigration', 'immigrant'If you immigrate to a country, you go to live in that country permanently. They immigrated to Israel.However, it is more common to say that someone emigrates from a country than to say that someone immigrates to a country. People that leave their own country to live in another country are called immigrants. The company employs several immigrants.The process by which people come to live in a country is called immigration. The government has changed its immigration policy.3. 'migrate', 'migration', 'migrant'When people migrate, they temporarily move to another place, usually a city or another country, in order to find work. The only solution people can see is to migrate.Millions have migrated to the cities.This process is called migration. New jobs are encouraging migration from the cities of the north.People who migrate are called migrants or migrant workers. She was a migrant looking for a place to live.In South America there are three million migrant workers.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | emigration - migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)out-migration, expatriationmigration - the movement of persons from one country or locality to another |
emigrationnoun departure, removal, migration, exodus, relocation, resettlement the huge emigration of workers to the WestQuotations "Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time" [John Berger And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos]emigrationnounDeparture from one's native land to settle in another:exodus, immigration, migration, transmigration.Translationsemigrate (ˈemigreit) verb to leave one's country and settle in another. Many doctors have emigrated from Britain to America. 移居外國 移居外国ˈemigrant noun, adjective (a person) emigrating or having emigrated. The numbers of emigrants are increasing; emigrant doctors. 移民,移民的 移民,移民的 ˌemiˈgration noun 移居 移居emigration
emigration: see immigrationimmigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. ..... Click the link for more information. ; migrationmigration, of people, geographical movements of individuals or groups for the purpose of permanently resettling. Early History
Migrations have occurred throughout history and have played an important part in the peopling of all the areas of the earth. ..... Click the link for more information. .emigration See MIGRATION.Emigration the movement of people from one country to another to establish permanent or temporary residence, usually with the aim of finding work. Emigration may be permanent or temporary, even seasonal. In seasonal emigration the time of stay is limited by contract or other terms of hire; for example, the emigrant may be allowed to stay for the gathering of the harvest. In addition to emigration for economic reasons, population movements take place for political, ethnic, and religious reasons. In the second half of the 20th century the principal waves of emigration have been from Western Europe to the USA, Canada, Australia, and several other countries—primarily permanent emigration—and from developing countries to Western Europe— usually temporary emigration by laborers who work for low wages. (See alsoHUMAN MIGRATION.) V. V. POKSHISHEVSKII emigration[‚em·ə′grā·shən] (ecology) The movement of individuals or their disseminules out of a population or population area. emigration
emigration [em″ĭ-gra´shun] the escape of leukocytes through the walls of small blood vessels; diapedesis.em·i·gra·tion (em'i-grā'shŭn), The passage of white blood cells through the endothelium and wall of small blood vessels. [L. e-migro, pp. -atus, to emigrate] em·i·gra·tion (em-i-grā'shŭn) The passage of white blood cells through the endothelium and wall of small blood vessels. [L. e-migro, pp. -atus, to emigrate]emigration the movement of animals away from a specific area. Compare IMMIGRATION.em·i·gra·tion (em-i-grā'shŭn) The passage of white blood cells through the endothelium and wall of small blood vessels. [L. e-migro, pp. -atus, to emigrate]Emigration
EmigrationEmigration is the act of leaving one's country to live somewhere else. These men emigrated from Italy to the United States in 1911. LIBRARY OF CONGRESSThe act of moving from one country to another with intention not to return. It is to be distinguished from expatriation, which means the Abandonment of one's country and renunciation of one's citizenship in it, while emigration denotes merely the removal of person and property to another country. Expatriation is usually the consequence of emigration. Emigration is also sometimes used in reference to the removal from one section to another of the same country. EMIGRATION. The act of removing from one place to another. It is sometimes used in the same sense as expatriation, (q.v.) but there is some difference in the signification. Expatriation is the act of abandoning one's country, while emigration is, perhaps not strictly, applied to the act of removing from one part of the country to another. Vide 2 Kent, Com. 36. emigration
Synonyms for emigrationnoun departureSynonyms- departure
- removal
- migration
- exodus
- relocation
- resettlement
Synonyms for emigrationnoun departure from one's native land to settle in anotherSynonyms- exodus
- immigration
- migration
- transmigration
Synonyms for emigrationnoun migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)Synonyms- out-migration
- expatriation
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