Meaning

2 senses
  1. (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)

  2. (countable, uncountable)The process of going through immigration checks at a border checkpoint.

    It took ages to get through immigration last time.

Examples

57 sentences
  1. I get nervous going through immigration.

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  2. We need to reform our immigration system.

    deWir müssen unser Einwanderungssystem verbessern.

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  3. I get nervous when going through immigration.

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  4. I get nervous whenever I go through immigration.

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  5. I didn't have any problems getting through immigration.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the act of immigrating:
Русский
By meaning 1
the act of immigrating:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the act of immigrating:

Forms

plural: immigrations
Singularimmigration
Pluralimmigrations

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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

17 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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