immigration

Meanings

Plural: immigrations

Noun

• migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)
• the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval
  • "the increased immigration strengthened the colony"
• The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.
• The process of going through immigration checks at a border checkpoint.

Synonyms

in-migration

Related Words

emigrate, emigration, immigrate, in-migration, inmigration, migrate, migration, out-migration, outmigration