emigration

[ em-i-grey-shuhn ]

noun

1. an act or instance of emigrating.
2. a body of emigrants; emigrants collectively.
3. Physiology. diapedesis.

Other Words From

• emi·gration·al adjective
• nonem·i·gration noun
• reem·i·gration noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of emigration¹

1640–50; < Late Latin ēmīgrātiōn- (stem of ēmīgrātiō ) removal. See emigrate, -ion

Example Sentences

"Fewer people are now leaving Moldova, but emigration is still high."

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"Ultimately, this emigration from France constitutes a real brain-drain, as it is primarily highly educated French Muslims who decide to leave," he says.

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Around 30% of Portuguese aged between 15 and 39 - about 850,000 people - now live abroad, according to data from the country's Emigration Observatory.

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The organisation Llwyddo'n Lleol is working alongside councils to address emigration from these areas, which it says is a major cause of language decline.

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Small changes to assumptions about emigration, for example, could mean the planned additional tightening of the plan could raise very little.

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