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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

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