immigration
//ɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃn//
Forms
- Plural
- immigrations
Definitions
1.The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.
2.The process of going through immigration checks at a border checkpoint.
- It took ages to get through immigration last time.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2194
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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.