emigration

[ em-i-grey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. an act or instance of emigrating.

  2. a body of emigrants; emigrants collectively.

  1. Physiology. diapedesis.

Origin of emigration

1
1640–50; <Late Latin ēmīgrātiōn- (stem of ēmīgrātiō) removal. See emigrate, -ion

Other words from emigration

  • em·i·gra·tion·al, adjective
  • non·em·i·gra·tion, noun
  • re·em·i·gra·tion, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for emigration

emigration

/ (ˌɛmɪˈɡreɪʃən) /


noun
  1. the act or an instance of emigrating

  2. emigrants considered collectively

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