immigration
The act of immigratingThe act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.
» I get nervous going through immigration.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.
Einwanderung, Immigration
иммигра́цияimmigrácija, переселе́ниеpereselénije
іммігра́ціяimmihrácija, пересе́ленняperesélennja
migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)
(countable, uncountable)The process of going through immigration checks at a border checkpoint.
It took ages to get through immigration last time.
Examples
57 sentencesI get nervous going through immigration.
We need to reform our immigration system.
deWir müssen unser Einwanderungssystem verbessern.
I get nervous when going through immigration.
I get nervous whenever I go through immigration.
I didn't have any problems getting through immigration.
Translations
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Forms
plural: immigrations| Singular | immigration |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonyms- migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there):in-migration
Word family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable