immigration
US /ˌɪməˈɡreɪʃən/
Definition
migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Passengers must pass through immigration before collecting their baggage.
Word Family
Synonyms
- migrationthe movement of persons from one country or locality to another
- border controlhaving a meaning similar to immigration
Collocations
- Easy immigration checkpointdescribing immigration checkpoint (migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there))
- Medium immigration officer interviewdescribing immigration officer interview (migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there))
- Hard overhaul national immigration policyto overhaul national immigration policy, meaning to travel past
- Very Hard tighten immigration quotas amid shortagesto tighten immigration quotas amid shortages, meaning to make tight or tighter
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