Synonyms for emigration

Grammar : Noun

Spell : em-i-grey-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛm ɪˈgreɪ ʃən

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Définition of emigration

Origin : 1640s, from Late Latin emigrationem (nominative emigratio) "removal from a place," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin emigrare "move away, depart from a place," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + migrare "to move" (see migration).

noun migration

Example sentences :

The emigration of the mind before the revolution of the state, my Brothers.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

It is not sentiment but material advantages that settle the currents of emigration.
Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) » by John Morley

It was owing to his letters home that we had determined on emigration.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

The reason for such a desperate move as emigration was all too clear.
Extract from : « It's All Yours » by Sam Merwin

In reality they doubtless have mobility sufficient for emigration.
Extract from : « Histology of the Blood » by Paul Ehrlich

The ports for emigration on a large scale are finally and definitely closed.
Extract from : « Recollections » by David Christie Murray

Of an emigration from Prague University, and the founding of another at Leipzig.
Extract from : « From a Terrace in Prague » by Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker

When there was a wave of emigration to Russia he frantically tried to stop it.
Extract from : « The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 » by Henry Baerlein

They spread, with emigration and commerce, into all then known countries.
Extract from : « Mysticism and its Results » by John Delafield

French colonists did not readily adopt the new field for emigration.
Extract from : « The Story of the Barbary Corsairs » by Stanley Lane-Poole

Antonyms for emigration

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