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emigration

Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples

Pronunciation: US /ˌɛməˈɡreɪʃən/ · UK /ˌemɪˈɡreɪʃən/

emigration means: Leaving your own country to live permanently in another country.

noun

LEAVING YOUR COUNTRYB2

Leaving your own country to live permanently in another country.

  • Poverty led to mass emigration.
  • Emigration from the island has fallen.
  • Her family history includes several generations of emigration to Canada.

How to use it: emigration from somewhere to somewhere (Emigration from Ireland to America increased during the crisis.)

Similar words: outmigration

Opposites: immigration

Common phrases: emigration from somewhere, mass emigration, emigration to somewhere

EMIGRANT COMMUNITYC2

A group of people who have left their own country to live elsewhere.

  • The Irish emigration supported the campaign.
  • The political emigration formed a committee abroad.
  • Writers within the Russian emigration kept their language alive.

Similar words: emigrants, diaspora

Common phrases: the Irish emigration, the political emigration, the Russian emigration

Questions about emigration

What does emigration mean?

Leaving your own country to live permanently in another country.

What is emigration in other languages?

Türkçe: dış göç · Español: emigración · Français: émigration · Deutsch: Auswanderung · Italiano: emigrazione · 日本語: 移住

How do you pronounce emigration?

In American English /ˌɛməˈɡreɪʃən/; in British English /ˌemɪˈɡreɪʃən/.

How do you use emigration in a sentence?

Poverty led to mass emigration. Emigration from the island has fallen.

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