IMMIGRATION Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the word immigration. (close relations)
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| in-migration | nounn | |||||
noun • migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there) | ||||||
| accession | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group) • (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement • something added to what you already have • agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly) • the right to enter • the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne) verb • make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library | ||||||
| arrival | nounn | |||||
noun • accomplishment of an objective • the act of arriving at a certain place • someone who arrives (or has arrived) | ||||||
| emigration | nounn | |||||
noun • migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) | ||||||
| entry | nounn | |||||
noun • an item inserted in a written record • the act of beginning something new • a written record of a commercial transaction • something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition) • something that provides access (to get in or get out) • the act of entering | ||||||
| migration | nounn | |||||
noun • the movement of persons from one country or locality to another • a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period) • (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule • the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding | ||||||
| movement | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a change of position that does not entail a change of location • the act of changing location from one place to another • a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something • a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals • a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata • a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end • an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object • a euphemism for defecation • a general tendency to change (as of opinion) • the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock) • the act of changing the location of something | ||||||
| moving | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
adjective • in motion • arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion • used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion | ||||||
| relocation | nounn | |||||
noun • the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) • the act of changing your residence or place of business | ||||||
| settlement | nounn | |||||
noun • a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government • a community of people smaller than a town • a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it • the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies • something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making • an area where a group of families live together • termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities | ||||||
