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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024em•i•gra•tion (em′i grā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - an act or instance of emigrating.
- a body of emigrants;
emigrants collectively. - [Physiol.]diapedesis.
- Late Latin ēmīgrātiōn- (stem of ēmīgrātiō) removal. See emigrate, -ion
- 1640–50
em′i•gra′tion•al, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ˌemiˈgration /ˌɛmɪˈɡreɪʃən/ n - the act or an instance of emigrating
- emigrants considered collectively
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024em•i•grate /ˈɛmɪˌgreɪt/USA pronunciation v. [no object], -grat•ed, -grat•ing. - to leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate:My grandmother emigrated from Russia in 1930.
em•i•grant /ˈɛmɪgrənt/USA pronunciation n. [countable] e•mi•gra•tion /ˌɛmɪˈgreɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable* uncountable]See -migr-. emigrate is a verb, emigrant and émigré are nouns:They emigrated from their home country. They were emigrants. They were émigrés from eastern Europe. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024em•i•grate (em′i grāt′),USA pronunciation v.i., -grat•ed, -grat•ing. - to leave one country or region to settle in another;
migrate:to emigrate from Ireland to Australia.
- Latin ēmīgrātus moved away (past participle of ēmīgrāre), equivalent. to ē- e- + mīgrātus (mīgr- remove + ātus -ate1)
- 1770–80
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